TARIFF PREFERENCE.
NEW ZEALAND PROPOSALS
(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION f WELLINGTON. Feb. 16
The acting-Minister lor Customs (Sir Francis Bell), in a statement issued to-dav, says the question as to the conditions governing tariff preference has been for a considerable time receiving the continuous attention of the New Zealand Government.
It will be remembered that at the end of September last it way announced in Parliament that Australia and New Zealand had decided to adopt a requirement of 75 per cent, of British material and/or labour as the basis of preference, instead of the existing 25 per cent, basis, it has since been announced in the press that the Government has received a communication from Canada suggesting that a 50 per cent, basis should be accepted. Strong representations to a similar effect have reached the Government from other quarters. In view of the importance of the matter and of the fact that a discussion with the Australian Government is still proceeding, it has been decided to postpone until October 1, 1925, the date upon which the amended conditions to be decided upon shall take effect.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 February 1925, Page 5
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