TARIFF CHANGES
SCULUN'S LATEST
SCHEDULE TABLED
(Received 27th March, 11 a.m.) ' CANBERRA, This Day. Tho ninth tariff schedule, introduced by the Scullin Government and tabled in the House, contains sixty-two increases and thirty-six decreases. The chief increase is 5 per cent, on cotton piece goods, expected to produce a quarter of a million per annum. A halfpenny a gallon is added to the duty, on petrol in containers under fortygallons. The embargo on galvanised iron imports is lifted, and duties raised to 5J per cent. 'British preferential and £7 10s general, equal to the former duty, plus bounty. An increase of 6d a pound on cotton yarns is claimed as part of the policy to stabilise the industry in Queensland. The tariff debate will begin after the Easter recess.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 73, 27 March 1931, Page 9
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129TARIFF CHANGES Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 73, 27 March 1931, Page 9
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