THE COMMONWEALTH TARIFF.
THE PROTECTIVE IDEAL. CREATION OF EXCISE BOARDS ATTITUDE OF THE OPPOSITION [UNiTEn Pbkss Association.— Copr- .. BIOHT.] i (Received 9.15 a.m.) c MELBOURNE, Tuesday. In the Federal House, Sir William c Lyne in announcing the Government - scheme for giving effect to the new pro- - tective principle, said Excise Boards would be devised, and assessors would be created. .All., factories would be registered, and officials were to haye full power of inspection and access to wages sheets and other details. All goods bearing the Commonwealth trade mark would be exempt from excise. The Excise Boards would have power in certain cases to recommend that duties be lowered or abolished. The House has resumed the discussion of the new Tariff. Mr Reid, leader of the Opposition, announced that the Opposition, while strenuously endeavouring to carry out the free trade principle as far as possible, would assist those with more moderate views than Ministers in making the duties less extravagant.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, 2 October 1907, Page 3
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159THE COMMONWEALTH TARIFF. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, 2 October 1907, Page 3
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