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FODDER BUNGLES
(Melbourne, December 16.
Tn the House of Representatives to-day
the Minister of Customs told .Mr. Poynton
thiil iu consequence of newspaper ;r<ira
gt-aoils he had that morning discovered that :
South Australia on November 20 sent a
telegram to the Prime Minister asking for
0.000 tons of hay chaff from New Zealand,
duty free. That telegram was pigeonholed
by "mistake, and he did not see it till that
morning.
Mr. Page—The clerk responsible should
be pigeonholed.
The Minister of Customs—He has been
reprimanded.
Mr. Poynton—But there was another tele
gram on December 7.
The Minister of Customs had not yet
seen it. (Sensation.) He then read a
file of telegrams received on the subject,
in which he discovered South Australia's
telegram of December 7, and repeated .his
statement he hud not seen them until
that morning.
Mr. Cook—Too tltin.
The Minister of Customs—-It may lie
then, but it is true. In answer to Mr.
Burciieel, be said he would consult Cabi
net as to the advisability of reopening
the matter in view of South Australia
and Western Australia having asked for
fodder, while Queensland's telegram indi
cated fodder might be wanted there.
Later lie told Air.1 Poynton he would
recommend South Australia to deal di
rectly with New Zealand.
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