The Tariff Commission.
Received May 19, 1.2 a.m.
SYDNEY, May 18. Before the Tariff Commission, a candle manufacturer gave evidence to the effect that if the name of the factory was put on the packet no wholesale firm would buy it. This was on account of the pre- j judicp against, any- colonially-made article. J lie was afraid a good many wholesale and retail people liked to sell goods as imported when they were not. He gave an instance in Victoria, where one candle was. sold under nineteen different brands.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11562, 19 May 1905, Page 5
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90The Tariff Commission. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11562, 19 May 1905, Page 5
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