UNPOPULAR BAN.
EXCLUSION OF NEW ZEALAND POTATOES. PRESSURE ON AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT. (Received Wednesday, 11,54 p.m.) CANBERRA, October 7. Speaking on the Orange Bounty Bill in the House of Representatives a Government member, Afr. J, Lawson, suggested that a section of Government members should combine with the Labour Opposition and compel the Governtnept to admit ten thousand tons of New Zealand potatoes annually “as a reciprocal gesture” in view of ending the citrus embargo. Sir Frederick Stewart said he hoped the interests of Australian potato growers would not be allowed to stand in -the way of an agreement between the two Dominions. A Government member, Mr. A. Lane, said the Government would have difficulty in explaining to the country its handling of the negotiations with New Zealand—not only to citrus growers but to consumers of potatoes, who were asked to pay fancy prices while the ban remained on New Zealand potatoes.
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Wairarapa Age, 8 October 1936, Page 5
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