AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURERS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13332, 22 March 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURERS.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE. A Good Nationalist. Frees Association.—Telegraph.—Copyright. Eeceived March 22, 10.15 a.m. LAUNCESTON, March 22... The annual conference of the .Associated Chambers of manufacturers has opened. Mr Joshua, in his presidential address, referring to the referenda, stated his belief in unification. He would aggrandise the National Parliament, and deprive the State Parliaments of much of their power and solemn pomposity. The annual report expressed dissatisfaction at the so-called Protective tariff, which did not effectively protect Australian industries, and fa cured the adjustment of the tariff l .i;- a out of poll ctial control.