GOODS FROM GERMANY.
PREVENTING LOW PRICES.
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•[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWJI CORRESPONDENT.} ■WELLINGTON. Tuesday. b. The ; importers' committee of the/ Wel-lington--Chamber of Commerce recently put to '[ the / Comptroller 'of Customs the suggestion that when trade with Germany was resumed all German goods competing with;: goods manufactured in New Zealand or imported from Britain should bear a duty which would;bring;their' price up to that of the British or New Zealand goods. .Mr.; C. H. Young, chairman.': of the j: committee; to-day reported to the chamber that the scheme: was; ; considered impracticable as it , would entail : the • employment of ; a very large staff of , expert clerks. ; The Comptroller had investigated the matter thoroughly. ■;;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 10
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116GOODS FROM GERMANY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 10
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