DOMINION PRODUCE
REASON SOUGHT DUTY IMPOSITION WITHDRAWAL I United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright).. (Received this day at 11.35 a.m.) LONDON, July 21. It is understood that, behind Mr Dorman Smith’s question to Mr Elliot and Mr Rnncinian in the Commons, Avhether there was an understanding tlnit'%o duty will be imposed on the Dominions’ dairy produce, is the search for the reason for the abandon, men! of the proposal Mr Elliot communicated to the Dominion Premiers in June, 1935, that he intended to impose a duty of 15s a hundred-weight on Dominion butter, and 30s on foreign. Mr Elliot and Mr Runciman were not informative, but it is generally assumed the abandonment is not unconnected Avith Mr Page’s recent discussions with Ministers. .
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1936, Page 5
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