THE TARIFF COMMISSION.
[** TELEGRAPH.—PRESS iB9OOIATIOK.} Christohoroh, Thursday. At the Tariff Commission to-day Mr. E. G. Wright, chairman of the Christchurch Gas Company, asked that imported gas appliances should be placed on the same basis as electric light appliances, which were admitted free. Mr. J. Armstrong, manufacturer of knitted stockings, etc., requested assistance for the hosiery industry, and asked that yarns should be admitted free. Mr. R. Hay ward, of Hay ward Bros., pickle and sauce manufacturers, asked for protection for their industry as regards an inferior class of imported goods. He stated that they could compete successfully against the better class of goods with the present duties. Mr. G. Watkins, dairy produce merchant, asked that parchment butter paper, for wrapping up butter for export should be admitted free. Mr. H. Nelson, of Nelson, Moate, and Co., gave evidence regarding the importation of teas in tins and packets.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9774, 22 March 1895, Page 5
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