Traders must still walt to see the full effects of the new tariff duties on textiles imported into Australia, Even the Minister responsible for the innovations declares that "it is not possible to state with any exactitude the effects of the proposed new duties artificial silke imports." Neverthe less by the extent to which the Government expects Britsin to benefit—and both the Government and British traders do expect that—some other trading nation must lose; and, to most Australian observers, the loser will be Japan.
"Judging by Ministerial statements the effect will be to check the xe~ markable recent flood of Japanese textiles, cotton goods as well as rayon, though in rayons-Japan will probably remain a heavy supplier. What has alarmed the Australian Government is not merely the volume of Japanese textile imports, but the abnormally cheap prices, suMelently cheap {0 oust every other competitor. There are plain reasons for sympathy with the Japanese case on general grounds; but the cut price level provide a problem which closely concerns not only Australia's economy, Dut that of the whole Empire, upon whose markets the great bulk Australia's trade depends.
Recently Japanese rayon exporters recognized Australia's diMeully by} themselves "imposing a levy upon rayon exports. This tax, however, was one by manufacturers upon them= selves, and its proceeds apparently returned to their source. Most interested Australians believe that Japanese, with more intimate knowledge of' the local. dimeulty..appr: ciate that it is not so easily dismissed 4 those less well informed may pretend.
Favournbl Japan, Australia annually sells much more' than she buys In, exchange, the "favourable balance" for 1934-85 was some £5,000,000 and that will probably Increase to about £7, 500,000 for the year about to close. The Government states that "it Is not _tte aim to eve bilateral balances," It's considered that, with Japan it normally impossible. The limits of consumption in the Australian market are well-known to the Japanese.
"The real trouble Is seen with United Kingdom Agures in competition, From 1932. to 2038, British cotton ploce-foods imported into Australia de-lined {rom 167 million yards to 118 million. This loss was entirely made Uup by foreign cottons in substitute.
the same period, British artifial alk declined from eight million yards to 7% million; but. foreign artificial. silks rose from 13 million {0 6836 million yard The Federal Government is aiming at checking the inroad of artiftelat Na—nearly all Japanese, competitive low prices—in favour cotton textiles upon which depends Australia's even more important change trade with Britain.
Japan will enjoy. an" Australia market for rayons, but will not be allowed a position in which to com mand Australian {extile imports. The treatment is drastic; but there has een nothing more deadly than the Japanese ousting of Britain in recent years from the textile trade in British overseas countries.
Apart from the fact. that Japanese rayon Imports will still be assured considerable market in Australia there are two considerations which seem to furnish some reply." to Japanese protests. One is that Aus-wallons are only asserting higher!
ional considerations, just-as Japan lees. The other is that the reported Japanese threat to switch wool-buy-to other markets is one ' that Japan has for some time held over Australia, Besides, as has been said, the purchaser of raw wool makes much more out of It than does the producer, Objection to Being Called "Pommy"
An English lad of 10 who arrived Brisbane from London to join his father, employed in a Queensland will, would not be interviewed upon his arrival in this country. Instead, he conducted the interview. He wanted to know if his new schoo! fellows in Brisbane would call him a "pommy," a term which he professed {0 dislike immensely. When informed that they probably would, he wanted to know if they were Australian tad of his own age had] made the journey from England with him. "We were pretty good mates," the 10 years old immigrant conceded, tit was not until after we hed few, Oghts over calling me a "pommy." recently killing 40 and severely mauling 60, many of which had to bbe destroyed.
woman on her way to church! saw the dogs among the sheep and called them. The dogs. then. prevented her crossing afoot." bridge fon the road. She called her husband, who fired a shot to frighten the dogs. A few days previous 80 sheep were killed in stockyards at Brisbane. No, the breed is becoming decidedly unpopular in this country.
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