Restrictions on the importation of motor vehicle chassis from the United States and Canada have been applied by the Federal Government from May 1. Imports of car chassis are reduced by 24 per cent, and of truck chassis by 6 per cent, compared with the financial year 1938-39. A substantial saving will thus be effected during the trading year ending April Defence orders will be excluded from the quotas. The quota system is one of the few remaining restrictions imposed under the trade diversion policy of 1996, which was later abandoned. Motor car import quotas were retained on the basis of imports for the year ended April 20, 1936, when the total importations from Canada and America were 58,801 is. The quotas have been renewed by the Government from year to year, but in recent years have not been fully availed of either by importers or distributors.
Sir Donald Cameron, chairman of the Royal Australian Air Force Re-emiting Drive Committee, announced that there have peen pearly 10,000 enlistments for the Empire Air Scheme since the beginning of the Recruiting units, now working in five States, visit the principal centres, and this enables applicants to be examined and accepted or rejected without the expense of travelling to a*capital city. Despite the taking over of some of the larger commercial machines by the R.A.A.F., civil air lines are securing sufficient business to enable them to maintain regular services throughout the Commonwealth. At the outbreak of war it was thought that operations would be seriously affected, but as a result of recent negotiations between officers of the Civil Aviation Department, the Treasury, and representatives of air line operators, the total subsidy to be paid by the Government for the operation of air services will be considerably lower than was anticipated. That has been made possible by the financial position of the industry, together with the increase in the number of passengers offering.
Australia has had a record turnover of wool, end the average rate
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