PANAMA CANAL TOLLS.
■tfHY BBITAIN PROTESTS. EFFECT OF TREE PASSAGE. fljflHJE TAX ON FOREIGNERS. [(Received 9.20 a.m.) LONDON", .September 5. Sir Edward Grey (Minister for Foreign ■Affairs), i ll a letter to the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, rejects the American argument that inasmuch as coastal trade is an American monopoly, the free passage of American coastal' -easels does not affect foreigners. ge points out that the bill also contains provisions for the free passage of American ships in foreign trade under .grtain ccmditmns, and adds that if a wee part °f the tra<le passes free the mi's earnings will be diminished, and; consanieirtty the general trade will be jndolytasei
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 214, 6 September 1912, Page 5
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109PANAMA CANAL TOLLS. Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 214, 6 September 1912, Page 5
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