TRADE COMMISSION.
MANCHESTER EVIDENCE
London, November 8.
Giving evidence before the Empire Commission, representatives of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, complaining that inadequate time was allowed by (Australia and New Zealand for tenders. In many cases time was so limited that it is impossible for Britishers to tender, except by cable. They also protested against tho proposal to amend the New Zealand Income Tax Act in order to tax a business non-res dent in the Dominion. The representatives of the Manchester Ship Canal urged the deletion of tho Australian charters clause prohibiting the use .of a ship canal. All other countries had done so.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 65, 9 November 1912, Page 8
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104TRADE COMMISSION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 65, 9 November 1912, Page 8
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