PREFERENCE TO BRITAIN.
AS SET-OFF AGAINST HER WAR SACRIFICES. Received May 1, 7.3 C p.m. Melbourne, May 1. A deputation of the Australian Association of British manufacturers asked the Minister of Customs for a substantial effective preference to be given British manufacturers in a revision of the customs tariff, as a set-off againat Britain's trade sacrifices in the war. The deputation urged that it would be impossible to survive the competition of Japan and America without substantial preference, and asked for a twenty per cent, minimum in place of the present five to ten per cent. The Minister replied that the Government was endeavoring to give an amount of preference to Britain which the position justified. It was not losing sight of Japan's and America's better opportunities for extending trade during war time. If, however, the Commonwealth granted Britain substantial preference it would expect Britain to reciprocate.— Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1919, Page 4
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