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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 August 1932, Page 9

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RUGBY, August 13

“The Times” states: A plan iS put forward at Ottawa that for textile and other duties, about which agreement cannot immediately be achieved, the Dominion Governments should accept the principle of a competitive tai iff against United Kingdom imports, meaning thereby a scale just sufficient to cover the difference in the costs of production in the United Kingdom and in the Dominions, leaving the manufacturers of the same commodities on equal terms of competition in the Dominion markets. Actual tariff rates to ensure equality of competition would be left to the Dominion tariff boards.

OTTAWA, August 13

It is learned from the highest Canadian source that Canada’s- negotiations with a section of the British Ministers have reached an advanced stage, Britain agreeing to grant preferences on Canadian lumber, wheat, and canned fish, particularly West Coast salmon.

The question of textiles may be solved by establishing the Tariff Board for which Canadian legislation of 1931 has provided. Britain is to be given a free opportunity to state her case from time to time as Canadian industries are before this Board' for investigation.

It. is noteworthy that meat is not mentioned by the Canadian authority, suggesting that this has been diverted to the purely Australian and New Zealand battleground.