QUOTA NOT SOUGHT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 107, 8 May 1934, Page 5

QUOTA NOT SOUGHT

THE BRITISH ATTITUDE. PERIOD AFTER OTTAWA. 1 Per Trcsa Association. I AUCKLAND, May 7. Information regarding the British Government’s attitude to the quota question, which has been received in Auckland, makes it appear that pressure is not being applied from Britain. The British Government stated previously that it was proceeding with its milk scheme and was not now interested in a quota. Information from a. reliable quarter in England states that the British Government is very unlikely to take any further action until the expiry of the three-year period of the Ottawa agreements at the end of the 1934-35 export season. However, it is anticipated that discussions will take place prior to the agreements expiring, but concerning the period of two or three years following, it is probable that a suggestion will be made to New Zealand to accept a “standstill” agreement while some restriction on foreign shipments is arranged.

NECESSARY COMMODITIES

WHAT BRITAIN SHOULD DO A COMMONER’S SUGGESTION LONDON, May 6. Lieut.-Colonel A. P. Heneage, M.P., in a letter to the Tinies, suggests that the Government should declare what commodities Britain can grow in sufficiency to make her self-supporting. These include eggs, poultry, pigs, potatoes, milk and cream. She must import wheat, cattle, wool and sugar. Dominion and colonial produce should not bo restricted until foreign imports are limited to vanishing point.