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Evening Star, Issue 21231, 12 October 1932, Page 12

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bihce nr"*TiTn;vrco. At n coid'ci'cncc ot rep resell taiiws of tin 1 tobacco trade of tlio dominion held 10-day, it was iigrot'il lo join iv!i li ilm Associated Chambers oi Commerce in a depulalimi lo ilm Government tomorrow. a-king that ihc Board of Trade Aci. thn (Just ol Living Act, ami ilm ( 'niiMiii'i'oial Tnibt Act bo repealed. By preventing the niaiml’ai'liii ei' com rolling the price, these Acts, it v. a' said, led to a number of large linns using tobacco as a decoy for other business. A petition lias been seat to Parliament ashing that, if the Commercial Trust Act eonhl not be repealed, it he amended permit ling the price of tobacco to the consumer to bp controlled. Wellington Press Association. I! KiJCI lOCS ! VsTIIIATTOX nn,r,. 'J he lieiigioas FiiSlniclioU in >'■bools Knahjing Bid came before the l,o;,!-hilivc Cmncil ibis afterjioun lor it-, second reading. It is possible that tile debate will be fairly protracted. It is gathered in till lobbies that the prospects of the nil! recoi-ring its second, reading and finally passing the Council are vein bright. There is a possibility. it is staled, of the second reading being earned by 3 or 4 voles. ■ Patliami lit ary eorrespoiiaell i 11 HJI i ("OM.\i iSSIONKU’S t) hi'TCI-;. The Prime .Minister states that Loll: Toms ami .11.me, mentioned in the London cablegram, are Mew Zculaltde is, and members of the Public Sen ice. ■■ Parliamentary reporter. T.uaiyi' ALUsRAXIOMS MO GREAT SlltPilUKS EXPECTED. Although the pruposeti tarilf alterations are being kept a 4,'loiiu! V-giliU'dftl ihorv eve O' rcavjii lu believe llmt Ihcro will be no great surprises, when thy resolutions appear before the House to-morrow night. .In fact, there is support for the belief that the main feature nil! be the retain.ll of the surtax of D-lUtli Oil «11 United Kingdom imports, aiU litis concession is expected to deplete the Customs revenue to tlio extent of £250,1)00, but it will, no doubt, be held that this will bo made by increased importations, resulting from the greater consumption under lowered retail prices. It is understood that reductions in existing duties, which the resolutions will propose, will bp quite insignificant and (bat the range of items affected will bo surprisingly limited. Speculation points to duties being reduced on wearing apparel, sill; stockings, and' perhaps, such items as ground coffee and spices.-—Parliamentary reporter. STOCK EXCHANGE. Sales on ‘Change;—N.Z. Refrigerating (coat.), Ms Gd; Waihi Grand Junction, 3s •Id.