TARIFF COMMISSION.
TIME EXTENSION GRANTED. TIMBER WORKERS' DISTRESS. CABINET TO COXSIDF.R REPORT. (By T.-lograph. — Parliamentary K<>p<.rt«>r.) WELLINGTON. Tuo.day. It was announced by the Mini-tor of Customs in the Hou*e of Representatives to-day that the Commi-Mon whioh is considering t lie revision of the Customs tiiriiT has applied for an extension of time in which to report, an.! that it was intended to give it further time, either till the end of July or the middle of August, though it might no 4 . take all that time. The matter catue up as the result ci a PUg-eMion by the I.cacKr of the Opposition that, owing to the prevailing distress among sawmill he would make the Conimi.- i ion's report on the timber industry a matter of urgeii.-v. and give the House :ll i opportunist v of discussincr the situation. The Minister explained that '.lie timber problem had Iwn investigated bv the Commission, and in-fore Us n-po-'r came before Parliament it won)] have to be considered by Cabinet.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 151, 29 June 1927, Page 10
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166TARIFF COMMISSION. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 151, 29 June 1927, Page 10
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