A challenging address came from His Excellency, General Cariappa, High Commissioner for India, who said India was willing to purchase £6-million worth of our dairy products, 70 to 80 thousand tons of our wheat, 25,000 tons of sugar, as well as wool, mutton fat, and tallow but the prices had to be competitive. Just at present, however, Australia was pricing herself out of the world’s markets, and some-thing would have to be done about that. An excellent speaker, with a very good knowledge of the Australian idiom, the General’s Oxford accent quite tickled conference, judging by comments one heard later outside: His Ex. held the attention of the gathering from start to finish, and was given a rousing ovation when he
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