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PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TO BRITAIN.; THE MEAT CONTRACTS. ." jflt TELEGRAPH.— CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Wednesday. SHAKING to-night at a meeting of the ':. Thormion branch of the Liberal and Labour Federation, Mr. Seddon announced that the New Zealand Government was prepared to give '*■ preferential .tariff to Great Britain.. ■;':He would give a rebate on British manu- : factured goods carried . in' British ships. With regard to the finances he repeated that " there would baa surplus at the end of the year of a-quarter of a million. He insisted : that New Zealand had a right to protest against the army meat contracts going to ;' the Argentine, and declared that the War Office had called foi* tenders on certain condi- '-* tions, and had accepted tenders on entirely: different conditions. He held that the conditions ought to be altered, and the colonies given a fair show.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11876, 30 January 1902, Page 5
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