(PRESS ASSOCIATION.) PREFERENCE TO THE EMPIRE
NO GERMAN-MADE ARTICLES WANTED. SYDNEY CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE MATTER. (Received October 27, 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. When the City Council Electric Lighting Committee was discussing the matter of the acceptance of tenders, Alderman . Mcagher moved that during the continuance of the war ten per centum preference be given to Empire-made articles. Other councillors strongly approved the principle, some favouring preference all tho time. It was pointed out that ninety per centum of the firms trading in electrical goods in England were actually German companies, and there was need for caution in allotting tenders. The matter was left in the hands of a subcommittee. MELBOURNE COUNCIL'S DECISION. (Received October 27, 11.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The City Council discussed the Electric Supply Committee's report in connection with extension of plant at a cost of £71,000, and decided that tenders be called for British-made machinery. No tender in which German or Austrian capital or work is concerned will Be considered.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 102, 27 October 1914, Page 7
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166(PRESS ASSOCIATION.) PREFERENCE TO THE EMPIRE Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 102, 27 October 1914, Page 7
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