TARIFF QUESTION.
—.. - THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONVENTION. (by telegraph—press association—copyright.) (Roc. July 12, ■ 4.30 p.m.) Capetown, July 11.
During the recent meeting at Capetown of the South African Customs Union Convention Mr. Merriman (Premier of Cape Colony) and Mr. Fischer (Premier of Orange River Colony) supported the proposed abandonment. of tariff preference to the United Kingdom. Mr. Botha, however, declared that the abandonment wo|ild be calamitous when the United Kingdom was obviously working round to tariff reform and Imperial preferelico. Mr. Fischer then sided with Mr. Botha, and tho proposed abandonment of preference was r defeated.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080713.2.39
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 248, 13 July 1908, Page 7
Word Count
95TARIFF QUESTION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 248, 13 July 1908, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in