OVERHAUL OF TARIFFS
EVIDENCE BEFORE COMMISSION. SECOND DAY CONCLUSION. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, June 8. In further evidence before the Tariff Commission, Mr. Ernest Alfred Little, a director of Joseph Nathan and Go., made representations, regarding a British vegetable parchment paper agency held by liis firm. He asked that a tariff he imposed on tlie foreign article at such a rate as to protect British paper from under-cutting by foreigners.Representations for a. reduction of duties on concertinas and band instruments' were made by Mr Janies Imrie, trade secretary of the Salvation Army. “The concertina is practically the official organ of the Salvation Army,” ho said, “It is used almost exclusively by our organisation.'” ' Mr. Murphy: I expect they use it m some places of which you do not altogether approve. I refer to jazz dances! The- hearing was adjourned.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 9 June 1933, Page 9
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