JAPANESE GOODS
AUSTRALIAN PROTECTION ’ THREAT OF RETALIATION FROM TOKIO HIGH DUTY GN WOOL (.By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyr'gh’j Received April 2;', 11.55 p.m. TOivlO, April 29 Mr. Shigeyasu Jjimu, manag.ng director of the Australian Japanese bucie.y, interviewed, said that iiapan had ex peeled to take BUU,UUU bales of Aus tralian wool this season, but due to a temporary business setback over tL? proposed trade treaty, she anticipated taking only 7»!0,U00 bales plus SJ,OUC from New Z-ualand, However, if good relation- with Australia were maintained, imports were likely to exceed SOI>,OOO bales. On the other hand if Australia pro- | yoked Japan by imposing a trade pro tcctiou law the duty v.i Australian wool would be raised at the cost of the South African level. The Near East Trade Society has started a movement to encourage the import of wool from Iraq and .adjacent countries, with the double purpose of promoting Japanese exports and i*’taliating against Australia.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 101, 30 April 1936, Page 8
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154JAPANESE GOODS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 101, 30 April 1936, Page 8
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