TARIFF TRUCE
OBJECT OF PROPOSED MEASURE
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY. May 15
In the House of Commons, referring to the proposed tariff truce, Mr Neville Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) said the object of it was to discourage the starting of new upward initiatives, and it wks not intended to prevent the completion of &r. r operation,? already begun. The British Import Duties Advisory Committee could continue to perform its statutory obligations, including the receipt and examination of applications for alterations in duties, but the Government during the truce would refrain from increasing customs dutie.s in respect to any applications r.ot received before May 12. He mentioned that -an application regarding silk duties was made before May 12.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1933, Page 5
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