THE FEELING ELSEWHERE.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9173, 2 August 1895, Page 5

THE FEELING ELSEWHERE.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION-THXEGBAM.) AUCKLAND, August 1. The tariff changes are causing a good deal of excitement. Amongst the industries which it is stated will be crippled by the tariff will be shirtmaking. Cue firm state that the change in the duty on materials for making up will lead to the dismissal of sixty of their employees. Manufacturers of essences, tinctures and perfumery state that the abolition of the exemption of spirits used in their manufacture will kill acme industries altogether. It is asserted that the fish-canuing factories, the timber industry and fruit - growing will also be grievously injured by the Canadian and South Australian commercial treaties.

A meeting of boot employers and employees is culled to protest against the increased duty on leather which cannot be made hero. It will involve the introduction of labour-saving machinery and iuorease the average cost of boots 2s to 2a 6d per pair. The shirt manufacturers state that it is as cheap to import lower grade materials in a mcnutaciured stale as to import the materials and muke them up. They say that 300 to 400 women will be thrown out of employment. One firm, employing 125 women, contemplate cancelling their orders for raw materials and having their ehirtioge made in England.