IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.
PROPOSAL TO ABOLISH DUTIES
MOTION REJECTED
•LONDON. July 17. In the House of Commons Mr. Wedgwood-Benn proposed the repeal of the Imperial preference duties. Ho declared they were trilling and absurd. The policy of Imperial preference led to economic friction, adverse to the world’s peace. Mr. Chamberlain, replying, declared that the object of preference was to give a practical example of Imperial unity. The advantage lay in the growing prosperity of the oversea territory, and the resulting increase in their trade with the Mother Country. He denied that preference led to friction with tlie Dominions. Every party in .every Dominion approved of Imperial preference. The motion was rejected by 130 to 39.
Mr. Wedgcwoqd-Benn then moved a motion with the object of preventing preference applying to mandated territories.
Mr. Baldwin, Secretary to the Treasury, pointed out that the proposal was premature, as the terms of the mandates were not yet known. The motion was rejected by 148 to 45.—A. -and N.Z.C.A. and Reuter.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5537, 20 July 1920, Page 5
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