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By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, this day. DUTY ON IMPJRTED LEMONS The Fruitgrowers' Conference has deeded to ask the Government to impose a duty of a ponny per lb on imported lemonsi and also on lomon peol in brino, THE SHOPS ACT
A largely altondod public mooting at Grey Lynn liut night passed a resolution asking that Parliament bo called together to repoal clause 3 of the Shops and Oflioea Aot, The Act was vigorously denounced by numerous speakers, one of whom dcolared that the test ca?o was " ouly intended to gain time," meeting of Upper Sytnonds-slreet shopkoepers also passed a resolution strongly opposing cor' tain clauses,
It was stated that so far there had been no exemption to fruiterors selling after six o'clock and that tho auctioneers were raising a fund of 11000 in the Auckland City to fight the Act, A proposal to join this movement W99 defeated, the secretary urging that tho Premier s reply to the fruiterers' wiro showed that ho, tho Premier, intended to comply with their wL'hos- Tho conferonco resolved to ask the Government to gnaranteo ono ponny por pound not on tho export of apples to England, FOUND DROWNED The body of a middlo aged man, unidentified, was found drownod in tho harbour, I ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES Arrived: Queen Helena from Mow York, Melbourne and S.ydnoy, Sailed: Taviuni, for tho Eastern Pacific.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1158, 30 November 1904, Page 3
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