DOMINION INDUSTRIES
OVERSEAS COMPETITION HIGHER TARIFFS SOUGHT [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Thursday Some of the major problems confronting the manufacturing industries of th<3 Dominion were outlined by a deputation from the Manufacturers' Federation, which waited on the Prime Minister, Mr. Savage, the Minister of Finance, the Hon. Walter Nash, and the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, to-day. The deputation was particularly concerned about the tariff on Australian and Canadian goods, and asked for an increase of 15 per cent compared with the tariff on British goods. It was also concerned about the operation of the exchange rate and sales tax and Japanese competition in the textile trade. The Ministers indicated how deeply concerned they were with the existing conditions and gave an assurance of the Government's sympathy and co-opera-tion. "Our job." said Mr. Savage, "is to try to take back some of what has been taken away."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22319, 17 January 1936, Page 11
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