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AUCKLAND BUSINESS HEN [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, August-15.. A protest against the increase ire the primage duty from 1 to 2 per cent, was made yesterday at a meeting or Auckland hnsiiiess men. who also expressed the opinion that any deficit m the national accounts should be .mot by reducing expenditure. The meeting was convened by the Auckland Chambers oir Commerce, at the suggestion of one ot rf< Tnotvilio.rs, Mr F. S. Morton protested that tin* move was akin to propaganda for a polltical purpose. They had not heard t-110 Chambers of Commerce protest when the Reform Government raised the Customs duties. Mr Lunn retorted: “You must have been very deaf.” The chambers had always protested against increases in taxation. ■ . Mr Morton, persisting, was ordered to sit down, and eventually lie left as a protest against the manner xu which the business was conducted.
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Evening Star, Issue 20254, 15 August 1929, Page 1
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147PRIMAGE PROTESTS Evening Star, Issue 20254, 15 August 1929, Page 1
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