AUSTRALIAN TARIFF.
METHOD OF COMPUTATION. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. JBl/ Cable. — Prsit Association. — Jlopvight. (Rec. Dec. 8, 9.15) SYDNEY, Dec. 8. The High Court has delivered an important decision in a test case regarding the duties levied on imported Continental goods. The Customs Department has been levying upon what amounted to the pre-War face value of foreign coinage. The merchants contended that the department should levy on the present day equivalent values of the goods in Britisn money. The Court, by a majority, decided against the Customs Department.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2127, 8 December 1920, Page 9
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87AUSTRALIAN TARIFF. Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2127, 8 December 1920, Page 9
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