TARIFF REVISION
CHEAP LEAD PENCILS [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH. September 22. The Tariff Commission sat to-day. A reduction from the present duty of per cent, to 10 per cent. in_ the case of cotton and cotton composition of household and industrial gloves was asked by Ernest L. Wyles. He said the Japanese had secured the market. No New Zealand manufacturers were making the lines. The type of glove was that commonly used for household and garden purposes, and some fac tory workers. Referring to the importation of lead pencils, Douglas A. Adams, manufacturers’ representative, said that, while British manufacturers could hold their own with anyone else in the manufacture of high grades in lead pencils, there were difficulties in their way that prevented them keeping up with the foreign competition in the production of cheap pencils, such as were used in schools. Unless the duty was removed or substantially decreased, tliere was 'no chance of the British product being sold in New Zealand at one penny.
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Evening Star, Issue 21523, 22 September 1933, Page 8
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167TARIFF REVISION Evening Star, Issue 21523, 22 September 1933, Page 8
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