IMPORT LICENSES.
HUNDREDS OF,APPLICANTS
NO UNDUE PREFERENCE
ATTITUDE OF GOVERNMENT
[By Telegraph. —Pross Association]. AUCKLAND, Dec. 21.
"No undue preference will be extended to personal or sectional interests," states the Minister for" Finance, Mr. W. Nash, in a telegram to the Bureau of Importers, in referring to the licensing of imports. lie adds that to maintain production and provide for the local manufacture of goods for which sterling exchange is-not available, it is essential to provide for the importation of raw materials necessary for local manufactures. "To ensure the maximum conservation of sterling" funds," he adds, "all imports o"f commercial commodities are, however,' sub : ject to license." Licenses issued for urgent imports; which include materials required • to maintain production in Auckland factories and machinery, now total 180 in the Auckland district.
There has been no move by the Customs Department to issue. genera] licenses for imports, and the applications, which are boing received at the rate of hundreds daily, are accumulating rapidly. Besides those lodged by Auckland importers, many applications are arriving through the post from country towns and from other centres Avhere the head offices of firms with branches in Auckland are situated.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20494, 21 December 1938, Page 3
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