WOOLLEN GOODS.
(By Telegraph.) •(From Our Parliamentary Reporter) Wellington’ sept. 7. A suggestion by Mr. Veitch that woollen manufactures should be admitted free of duty to relieve the present scarcity, led the Prime Minister to predict that when the Tariff Bill came down they would have the member for Wanganui advocating Bu increase in the duty on woollens •from twenty to twenty-five per cent. ;•'! am thinking,” said Mr. Massey, of the fine woollen mill they are going to have in Wanganui. I hope it will be a success. I want to see all raw material possible manufactured in this country.” Mr. Veitch later explained by interjection that the remission of duty would not affect local manufacturers as goods s ere so scarce.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17968, 8 September 1920, Page 5
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122WOOLLEN GOODS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17968, 8 September 1920, Page 5
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