LAND AND WATER.
An unfair disadvantage at which New Zealand shipbuilders are placed in their competition with Australian firms was brought before the council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce last week by the president Of the chamber (Mr K. Burns). He said that he had been informed that if a ship built in New Zealand were transferred to the Australian register a substantial duty had to be paid to the Australian Government, but if a vessel built in Australia were transferred to New Zealand no such impost was levied. He was further informed that engines and boilers imported for steamers built in the dominion were subject to a duty of 22£ per cent., but if they were imported for a steamer built in Sydney they would be admitted free. The council decided to obtain further information on the subject before passing any resolution in regard to it.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3293, 25 April 1917, Page 43
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148LAND AND WATER. Otago Witness, Issue 3293, 25 April 1917, Page 43
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