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Sandys' first stop was New Zealand, which, surprisingly, made the least fuss despite the fact that it stands to lose the most should Britain cuts its Common wealth trade ties. Last year New Zealand shipped 89% of its butter, 94% of its cheese, 94% of its lamb and mutton to Britain-all told, half of its total exports. "The British government provides our very livelihood," pleaded Prime Minister Keith Holyoake, then agreed to a Sandys communique approving Britain's opening negotiations with the Six, provided that New Zealand's interests were safe guarded...
...that Binds. Britain's biggest stumbling block on the road to the Common Market is the Commonwealth. Hard est hit by any change in the status quo would be New Zealand, virtually Britain's farm, which in recent years has shipped as much as 92% of its exports of butter, cheese, meat and wool to Britain. Australia and Canada are also worried, but less so, since they are less dependent on purely agricultural exports. India, Malaya, Pakistan and the Commonwealth partners in Africa are, in fact, plugging for the Common Market as a great new arena in which...
...British public argued, the government cautiously shifted into low gear. Commonwealth Relations Minister Duncan Sandys set off for successive visits to New Zealand, Australia and Canada to explain Macmillan's Common Market thinking-and listen to objections and suggestions for riders to be attached to Britain's conditions of entry. Meeting in London last week, the Outer Seven nervously agreed to stick together in wooing the Six to prevent anyone's jumping the gun-but also agreed that no single nation could veto the marriage if the terms suited everybody else...
Since its beginning in 1954, the group has toured the United States, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. The members are Marc Gottlieb, violin; Vladmir Weissman, violin; William Soheon, viola; and Irving Klein, cello...
Some plants common to both sides of the South Temperate Zone are apparently incapable of crossing even modest water gaps, but if they were in existence 150 million years ago, they probably did not need to. Holdgate points out that in those days, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and South America were probably jammed close together. The primitive plants that grew on outlying parts of this great ancient land had only to last out the seasons while the continents drifted northward and moved them and their home thousands of miles apart...