IRELAND'S NEW TARIFF

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 74, 27 March 1923, Page 5

IRELAND'S NEW TARIFF

DUTIES OF 33 1-3 PER CENT

ON ENGLISH-MADE GOODS. PREFERENCE POSSIBILITIES. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, March 26. The Dublin correspondent of the "Daily TelegTaph" reports that the decision of the Free State to impose a 33 1-3 per cent duty on English-made goods has caused a sensation in business circles. There is some hope that tile duty will be reduced to 22 1-5 per cent through the provisions of Imperial preference. Farm produce will be allowed to be imported and exported by any road, but baggage of passengers from Northern Ireland will be examined. The landing of any quantity of goods liable to duty may lead to urrest and prosecution. The principal dutiable articles are tobacco, spirits, perfumery, tea, musical instruments, gramophones, confectionery, motor cars, hosiery and optical instruments.— (A. and N.Z. Cable. SOLDIERS MURDERED. DECOYED BY FALSE MESSAGES. LONDON, March 20. Armed rebels captured Lieutenant Thomas Jones and two privates of the Free State army and took them to Adams town where they were shot dead with machine gun fire. The Free Staters were decoyed hy a false report that a house was on (ire. A soldier was sent to investigate, and when he failed to return the others went in search. They were waylaid on a lonely road and caulUVed.— (A. and X.Z. Cubic.)