NEW DUTY ON TIMEPIECES
PROTEST FROM JEWELLERS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Aug. 4. . An agitation has been started here against the increased duty imposed bythe new tariff on timepieces. This is declared to be an obvious anomaly, as an overwhelming percentage of imported timepieces is of foreign origin and watches could not he made in the Dominion. Jewellers' declare that the duty will create some undue hardship as 60 ; to 70 per cent of their sales consists of watches.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1930, Page 15
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