A DRAPERY DIFFICULTY.
i(Bt TELKGBArH. — FItESS ASSOCIATION.] "DUXEDIN 30th July. rvKfimgjrftii oi UvejXtujfo. fift cotto^ au^
linen goods, as fixod fay the tariff to taka place on 31st October, will occur right m the middle of the drapery season, when, warehouses and retail houses are carrying their ueaviest stocks. This would probably involve the retail trade of tho colony in serious loss, and an effort is being made^by warehouse proprietor^ and! ictailers throughout the colony- to get the Government either to put the duty on at once before the new season's goods com.j in or hold it over till the end of the drapery season, about January. . The matter has been .placed before tha Minister.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 27, 31 July 1907, Page 3
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115A DRAPERY DIFFICULTY. Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 27, 31 July 1907, Page 3
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