THE NEW TARIFF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 16 September 1927, Page 5

THE NEW TARIFF.

DIS S A TISFACTI ON EXPR ESSER

(by telegraph—press association.)

WELLINGTON, Sept. 15. Dissatisfaction at the tariff as it affected motor body builders was expressed to-day by Mr. B. Oldfield, president of tlie Motor .Body Builders Association. The remission of 5 pel cent, duty on unassembled cars was in his opinion a great blow to the industry and no help to the British manufacturers. The latter did not go in for building cars for assembling elsewhere. and the remission mere.y benefited foreign manuiacturers. It would accentuate the unemployment problem, and the most, serious aspect was the loss lesulting to those • who had invested capital in buildings, plant, and machinery. It was stated to-day by Mr. Robertson, of Film Supplies, Ltd., that the increased tax on lilms would undoubtedly be paid by the New Zealand public‘and not by * the American producers or their agents, as England did not produce anywhere near sufficient leature films to keep even one New Zealand theatre going with a regular weekly supply, and did not produce short comedies at all. As all the English news films came to New Zealand already he could not ■ see how the tax would * benefit the English manufacturers. The tax might even narrow the area of choice of film. . He mentioned that each week halt the population of New Zealand uttended the pictures. He emphasised the fact that the tax was not on entertainment value, but solely on so much a foot of film. The eirteitainment value of one picture might be £2030. and that of another picture of equal length only £2OO, yet both would pay the same duty.