EMPIRE GOODS PREFERENCE
EXCEPTION EXPLAINED. OPTIONAL BILL OF LADING. (United Presa Association—Tsy Electric TeU-grapt q Copyright.) LONDON, Nov. 17. Mr L. Hore-Beliska, Financial Secretary to the .Treasury, informed Mr P. J. H..Hannon that Empire goods on an optional bill of. lading and transhippedl at a foreign port were not entitled to preference on landing in Britain. Mr Hannon suggested a. discussion with importers with a view to modifying th law so as to meet cases, where goods 1 had not entered a foreign country’s commerce. Mr Hore-Belisha. undertook to confer with Mr Hannon. Mr Hore-Belisha’fi' (statement embraces such cases as oranges, . on which a duty is 1 charged, neutralising the effect of good .sales on the Continent. Mr Walter Runciman. president of the l Board of Trade, informed Mr Henderson that the chief sourcesi of imported apples in the last nine months were: Cwts. United States 2,488,000 Australia 1,083,000 Canada 921,000 New Zealand 572,000 Totals. Foreign 3,409,000 Empire 3,200,000
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Hawera Star, Volume LII, 19 November 1932, Page 5
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159EMPIRE GOODS PREFERENCE Hawera Star, Volume LII, 19 November 1932, Page 5
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