MARKING OF PRODUCE.
PRIVATE BILL IN HOUSE.
ABBIBTANCE TO DOMINIONS.
“AT PRESENT UNDESIRABLE.’' LONDON, February 17. In the House of Commons Captain £. F. A. Heilgers (Con., Bury-St.-Ed-monds) moved a private Bill requiring that all imported foodstuffs exposed for sale should be marked with the country of origin. He said the Bill would safeguard the purchaser who wished to discriminate against countries 'producing under notoriously bad conditions. Furthermore, the Bill would give the Dominions the full benefit of the Ottawa agreements. Major W. E. Elliot (Minister of Agriculture) said the Government was at present considering the reorganisation of marketing; therefore it was undesirable to change the procedure in the meantime. He sympathised with the principle of marking, but the Bill was contentious and required a financial resolution. The Bill was talked out.
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Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18875, 20 February 1933, Page 12
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