TARIFF INCREASES
REPLY TO CRITICISM. lUntted Press Association—By Electric Telegraph CoDvrigUt.) Received 12.15 p.m. to-day. CANBERRA, Feb. 15. Hon. J IT. Scullin, in referring to criticism from London of the new Australian tariff duties, said that the comment seemed to be based on a misunderstanding of the Government’s protection policy. The tariff was designed to attract manufacturers to the Commonwealth and it already had been successful in this respect. He gave an emphatic assurance that goods which could not be produced locally .would be welcomed from other parts of the Empire.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 15 February 1930, Page 9
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91TARIFF INCREASES Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 15 February 1930, Page 9
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