BRITISH GOODS

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 275, 26 November 1935, Page 6

BRITISH GOODS

PRIMAGE DUTY TIME NOW FOR ABOLITION • ; A /reminder that under the Ottawa i Agirieement the New Zealand Goveim--1 mejnit (Undertook not only not to in- ! crease the primage duty on British | gooils hjhat are otherwise duty free, but to abolish it as soon as financial i conditions >piermitted, was given by the retiring president, M.r J. Hogg, at ■ ithie ojpeninig <of the annual conference of 'the New Zealand Manufactutrets’ Federation recently. i rr lt is now itlhree years since that I undertaking was made, and in view of the greatly im|proved financial position of thie Dominion we have every right to ask the Government to remove the primage of 5 per cent now,” said Air Hogg. “In fact, it would appear that iln. iflhe terms of the undertaking, New Zealland is now obliged to abolish this duty against British raw materials. It is ia handicap both to the British manufactorer who exjpiorfos these raw materials iand plant and machinery, and to ithe New Zealand manufacturer who purchases liairgle supplies of material ■and plant from the United Kingdom, 'its removal can be made to (serve the (dual purpose -of a 'geisltur.e to Great Britain and a relief to New Zealand industiry, and we may hope that the Goveinmenlt; wil? yet act in thia direction.’’