FEDERATED AUSTRALIA
■ '. : (By, Electric Telefirratih-r-popyneht.Cl' • i^ ■■ i '--•- •'(Pfes'B'JAs&ociatipn':).-*'i'-"'"^-'!!u-'^ ... {■•;.-:,PEErHi* August 24.".' ! Mr John Davios intends to ask for a ! Board: of/enquiry.ih re'ference'?to.his ;siiß'l ipension,. .5-*' *■■"' -.-'•■:■. ! The Pabinef.has'^so-aecicledvto es-: !tend the 'leaye'of.ab'sence~6f "the' Chief iTraffkiMariager (Mf.^PTiißh6rt)i ;;*;'« i_ , ",":'.'-,.- " London, August 23.. V. i; British!-directorV interested tralian ;rdißtu'rbed" at the prospect of''•'the .-Australian Inter-Statg i Commission -Bill'l'u'nder which': shippjmg icompaniesfare to^be'r'egarde'das'oomrrio'ri. carriers..' '. . ■■■[ -f.-y->wi !..-:ltiis'ielt that the^'measuJe'con'stitutes :a grave interference wifch-busuWs.--'Some/ gentlemen • interested1 threatened ito withdraw their Australian service,* of' (shipping. ■ ■■■ii-fl-f-y ■• :,;;\' ; v';;-.- ■•■ --r-■' j The paper Fair. Play demands,that Mr jChamberlain'sHall interVebe, and make'1 ;every effort , : 'to-'pfe'verit the proposed legislation. ':'' ~'■' :':i:. '.;.": _..,.' ~i: i T '."'.■/ '.■^-^Syi?net,''August 24. ! . A petition signed by '-the'representa-, ,'tives of twenty-six: shipping' companies," asking for the intervention of the Home authorities in regard' to the 'Customs 'Bill, has been forwarded toLondon.' It embodies a protest against clause .60, dealing with the unshipment of goods".' The .Customhouse returns indicate the, effect the corning' Federal tariff is'having in-commercial circles. '.'':'■ S'':.^'."■■' ■;, Since the beginning 6t the year to the middle of August the value of importations of leading lines 'reasonably expected to pay-; increased duties was £8,758,000,-an increase of £1,300,000 as compared with the same, period last year. ■ . '.-.-... ■ ..-.:■.:'' : ..:. Theyalue of the extra stock stored iri: Sydney is estimated at about four millions sterling. .-.'■'■■'■': •"'-."'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7090, 26 August 1901, Page 4
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210FEDERATED AUSTRALIA Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7090, 26 August 1901, Page 4
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