AUSTRALIAN TARIFF.
NO OFFICIAL PROTEST YET FROM JAPAN. OBJECTS OF NEW MEASURES. MARKETS AND STIMULATION OF INDUSTRIES. (Received Monday, 7.40 p.m.) CANBERRA, May 25. Sir Henry Gullett, Minister in Charge of Trade Treaties, said that so far he had received no official protest from Japan in regard to the new Federal tariff. He was confident that when the position was fully examined, Japan would see that its trade was not adversely affected to any extent. The Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) pointed out that the new tariff had a two-fold purpose—to provide preference for British goods, creating markets for Australian primary products, and the stimulation Australia's secondary industries. The ultimate aim was the resumption of immigration from Britain on a moderate scale.
JAPANESE VIEW. COUNTER-MEASURES NEEDED. (Received Monday, 7.40 p.m.) TOKIO, May 24. Referring to the Australian tariff measures, Mr. H. Arita (Foreign Minister) told the Lower House that the Government must now take countermeasures to protect Japan’s trade interests, after consulting the organisations involved, but he hoped Australia would speedily reconsider her decision.
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Wairarapa Age, 26 May 1936, Page 5
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