TARIFF COMMISSION
CHRISTCHURCH EVIDENCE I WIRE AND WATCHES (Ter Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, litis day. At the Tariff Inquiry in Christeliureh yesterday Inn .Lindsay boswell, owner of the CAHone fence ( ompany, said that the present duties on barbed wire were, British free, foreign 10 pei cent. He wanted the duties as Jolluus: British free, Australia 3 per ei'iit., or £1 a ton, and the duty on Canadian and American sufficient to make it dearer than the local product. This would have to he done with a sliding scale. He asked that, the duty on wire exceeding Jin. be: British on | H .r cent., Australia 20 per cent., general -lb per cent. Irving Whit worth Shiden. managing director for Frederick Sladen and Bon. Limited, asked for a reduction of the duty on watches. He said the present landing charges on watches were so high that it was impossible to sell a good watch because customers were unable to pay the price. He asked for a reduction of 20 per cent, irrespective of the country of origin, the dntv to lie levied at par, not on depreciated currency.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18205, 28 September 1933, Page 4
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185TARIFF COMMISSION Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18205, 28 September 1933, Page 4
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