SHIPPING BENEFITS.
PLEA FOR SOUTH ISLAND. DUTY ON IMPORTED LEMONS. [ST TELEGJRAPH-—SPISCI bX, EIiKIBTEB. ] ,WBIiINGTOIT. Tnesday. "We consider thai the South Island its ■■badly treated in regard to shipping, and we look to Parliament for some redress, states the petition: of lo2 fnxit merchants and dealers of Chrfstchurcb, Oamarn, Ihmedin and JuvercargiU/ which was presented to the House of Representatives to-day. '• . ' The petitioners.ask: (1) That the duty on lemons imported /mio Nevr Zealand he reduced from Id"tft £d a pound on the ground that the duty is too high, being about 50 per cent, ad valorem; (2) that the South Island be put upon the same footing as the North Maud: with regard to freight on the Vancouver and San Francisco mail steamers, seeing ikat the South Island pays a large, snare; of the mail snbsidyhut does not derive thebenefits of having the mail steamers call at its norts. ''.'■ ?! V--■The-'- petitiobftrs state; that 'as Sydney steauim d<? noi> at Stitrth" Island ports .importers to pay'nearly 50 per cent, extra ia freights. ■■:■■ . .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18774, 30 July 1924, Page 10
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