PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14427, 18 July 1907, Page 7

PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

MR LYTTELTON’S MOTION,

MR LLOYD GEORGE’S CRITICISM, United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.

LONDON, July 16

During the debate on Mr Lyttelton’s motion, Mr Lloyd George declared that in-the last few years British trade had increased considerably more even in protected markets than in the colonial markets. He ridiculed the idea that the colonies would ho content with a little preference as regards wine, tohaccoand Canadian whisky. Ho added that if the tariff reformers’ pj-oposals were accepted, one democracy in the Empire would be preying upon another.

(Received July 11, 11.12 p.m.)

LONDON, July 17

Fourteen Unionist freetraders voted with the miniority on Mr Lyttelton’s censure motion, though eight of them announced that they would not withdraw an objection to colonial preference based on the taxation of corn, meat and raw materials.