§ 12. Captain DOWERasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if his attention has been called to the large quantities of hats composed of foreign hoods, and with bands and linings of Japanese manufacture, that are being sold by a firm in Johannesburg as British hats, stamped inside "Best English value;" and will he make representations to stop this unfair trading?
The SECRETARY of STATE for DOMINION AFFAIRS (Mr. J. H. Thomas)On the general question involved, I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply which I gave to him on 5th December last. Since that date a Debate on the subject of the protection of Union industries has taken place in the House of Assembly in the Union of South Africa, in the course of which very full information was placed before the Union Government in respect of Japanese imports into the Union. I am sending my hon. and gallant Friend a copy of the official report. As regards the special case dealt with in the question, I am arranging for the particulars to be brought to the notice of the Union Government.