Fashions Affect Budget
Sir P. Cunlilfc-Lister, Colonial' Secretary, gave the House of Commons a gratifying account of the recovery Avhicli the Colonics luid made in the last twelve months, and of the trade advantages both to the Colonies and the Home country of preferential tarill’s, states the Daily Mail.
He said there was a marked improvement iu tho Budgetary position of the majority of the Colonics, and that the grant-in-aid Avliieh the House Avas asked to vote had been reduced from £1,035,000 (o £505,000. Manufacturers Avcro now obtaining from tho Colonies products which formerly came, iu many cases, from foreign countries.
He spoke of snakeskin, this “flamboyant material of -which some of the most lovely shoes arc made to adorn the elegant feet of the women of this country.” He hoped sincerely that the fashion would last. So keen was now the trade in pythons that a nativo chief informed him the other day that he was "going to institute a close time for pythons in the breeding season.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 223, 24 September 1934, Page 2
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169Fashions Affect Budget Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 223, 24 September 1934, Page 2
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