TARIFF QUESTIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 179, 29 July 1907, Page 2

TARIFF QUESTIONS.

DUTY MOTOR CAES.

DEPUTATION TO THE iffiilSlEß. (By Telegraph.—Press .association.) WELLINGTON, this day. In reply 'o a deprrtation of tradesmen. ■ahjrh that the duty should be retajned on moior cars, the iiinJster of T-c.-- .iryt< ?aid thai it had been.already intimated by the Premier, that vrhile the cha.*:-e rar wotud be admitted duty free, xhc ordinary car would pay dn±y as beiorv. Thp Vhole matter was to be discussed by the Cabinet at an early date. Later in the day a depntation, headed by Mr iiislop (Mayor of Wellington) intimated that the 2sew Zealand Automobile Association had been founded. that day. and that it approved of the policy of losi-ering native industries, and ■eras prepared to"supp° xt inipositio-n of a dut- on the bodies of cars to the extent of ISj per cent. What they -were most, anxiocs about was the tyres, of ■KTiich the bulk came from Europe. The vit-s,- as To the bodies of the cars was eorabated by Mi Scon, an importer, trho contended that the bodies for motor car? -would sSil to be imported. and that Enirusii makers would not allow full rebates for bodies Tvhen supplyins only chases and engines. The Minister's "reply indicated that the coaebbnilders" request for duty vpouid be accrded to, and that/he considered the t>oLnt as 10 tyres not worth troubling over, seeing that special concessions •were mace to colonial customers by continental makers. He considered 12A pp.T cent doty on bodies insufficient. It should be 20 per cent, to make it uniform with duties charged on other vehicle bodies.

TATTY OX TYPEWRITERS.

(By Telegraph. — Press Associatioii.) "WELLIJfGTOK', this day. A deputation u> the Minister for Customs, representing- importers oi typeTrriters. pro:e?-tej against a proposal to pst a preferential duty of 10 per cent on ail ty-pev-Tit-ers mamiiactiired outside the British Empire, asserting that no Standard "ff-ere mads in England, and a&at the preferential tariff would simpir mean an increased, cost to the public wJh) Bsed -prr>evs-riT^rs. The Minister replied that he did not see why the Government should assist to ie«d xhe Amexiean market, and it Scarred to hi-m that if Brrtish capital -was nvestea in some of these concerns the capitalists should take steps to have the machine? made in England. Besides, he knew from invoices he saw that various .American manufacturers made up for the preierenii2.l tariiJ handicaps l>v oiv rru; wiioiesale purchasers '*a preferential bomncasion," to counteract the advan■tage grrpn to B-ritish traders. However, h? v?onid lay the deputation's request before Cabinet.