CUSTOMS DECISIONS.
Sir, —I was interested to read that the Government is appointing a Development cf Industries Board. If it is really sincere in its desire to develop local industries will it go a little farther and appoint a part-time board to which manufacturers and importers can appeal against the arbitrary decisions of the comptroller of customs. " As the law stands at present the Minister of Customs has no control over the decisions of his chief officer and if, by means of a Tariff Appeal Board free from interference by politicians or civil servants, manufacturers and importers can feel moderately sale against &he interminable pin-pricks to which they are now subject- I seriously suggest that it would be in the best interests 01 the country that such a board be appomted. It would encourage local industry and induce those with capital to invest, but as the law now stands they frequently fear to do this owing to the power possessed by the chief customs officer to do an industry incalculable injury by an ill-considered decision, against which there is no appeal. PssEcrrm MjLsrraicrrtnm.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20959, 24 August 1931, Page 13
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