AUSTRALIAN TARIFF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 441, 5 December 1930, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN TARIFF

NEW SCHEDULE PRESENTED CANBERRA, Dec. 4. Amendments to the tariff schedule were introduced in the House of Representatives. In the case of wire and tobacco the duties are increased but the excise on Australian grown tobacco is reduced- The duty on kerosene is removed and there has T - n a rearrangement of the duties on Baltic timber-

OPINIONS IN ENGLAND PRESS DELEGATES COMMENT SYDNEY, Dec. 4. Mr Gilmour, chairman of the New Zealand delegation to the Imperial Press Conference, discussing points of interest noticed during his visit to England, said that an unfortunate feature of the news sent to England was that the portions concerning the activities o* the extreme elements in the Australian Governments give hostile critics of the Commonwealth material of which they make the utmost use. Since Australia and New Zealand are so close together and the Dominion’s fortunes are bound up with those of the Commonwealth, New Zealanders in London are naturally interested in what is being said of Australia. The latter’s critics at Home, both in the press and among public men were many and some severe but in both the press and the public were a great many who knew Australia well, understood its conditions and appreciated its possibilities. Mr Scullin’s utterances were calculated to assist Australia in the present crisis and had given much satisfaction to the Commonwealth friends. There was no inclination to underestimate the difficulties which had to be overcome. It was realised that there was no ground to expect that prosperity would be regained quickly. There was, however a feeling that, given firmness and sanity in the Australian Governments with energy and economy among the Australian people the balance would soon be turned in Australia’s favour. The latest statistics showing the surplus of exports over imports were gratifying. New Zealand had her own troubles though they were not so bad as Australia and as the latter’s recovery would be of the greatest assistance to the Dominion. New Zealanders naturally hoped for the best for their sister Commonwealth.