BRITISH TARIFFS
COMMONS CONSIDERS FINANCE BILL. (Rec. 10.25 p.m.) London, July 7. In the House of Commons, in committee on the Finance Bill on Dr. Edward Dalton’s motion to repeal the sugar duties, Mr. P. J. H. Hannon urged that the output of British refineries should enjoy an Empire preferential duty. The Hon. R. McNeil reported that it would cost tha country £11,500,000 per year. The motion was rejected by 245 votes to 128. Mr. F, A. MacQuiston moved to reduce the duty on whisky from 72/6 to 30/-, This would permit whisky to be sold at 6/per bottle instead of 12/6 which would mean thrice the consumption. The motion was rejected without division. ,—A. and N.Z.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19270709.2.42
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 20225, 9 July 1927, Page 7
Word Count
117BRITISH TARIFFS Southland Times, Issue 20225, 9 July 1927, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in