DUTY ON FLOUR
CHALLENGE -AT ELTHAM FROM A POLITICIAN Per Press Association. KlTbam. Dec. 1. A challenge was thrown out by Mr. C. A. Wilkinson at Elthom to the Millers’ Association and the Canterbury wheat growers in combating the published statement t lint tlie highest average duty on flour for the past three years was approximately £2 11s. He produced invoices on the last two shipments of flour showing that the duty paid was £lO 5s and £lO 10/- per ton respectively. Mr. Mr. Wilkinson’s challenge was that if they would agree to the abolition of the sliding scale duties and accept ii straight-out duty of £.‘t a ton for flour and tlie equivalent duty on wheat, he was prepared to drop altogether his agitation for a reduction in the duty.
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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2586, 2 December 1931, Page 5
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