OTTAWA AGREEMENTS
LEGISLATION IN FIJI. Received October 13, 2.30 p.m. . SUVA, Oct. 13. Owing to its geographical position Fiji was the first Empire legislature to pass legislation implementing the Ottawa agreements. At its meeting this morning the special preferences to New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada and Hong Kong were repealed. Australia permits Fiji to export to Sydney and Melbourne about 4100 cases of bananas monthly, the duty being 2s Gd per cent, instead of 8s as formerly. Other preferences are granted according to the Ottawa agreements.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 269, 13 October 1932, Page 2
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