GERMAN BOOTS.
DUMPED INTO DOMINION. EFFECT ON BRITISH TRADE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. DUNEDIN, Wednesday. At a meeting of the Manufacturers' Association it was stated that boots of German leather were being dumped into the Dominion, and that Germany was practically getting the finished product in a slightly changed form into New Zealand under the preferential tariff.
One speaker said five hundred pair ef boots were landed at a cost of 7s lid, and within three clays only ten pairs were left on the shelves. Another said the position had already reflected on trade during the past fortnight. ■ Nobody seemed to be buying. The British manufacturer was right up against it.
It was decided to forward all correspondence on the subject to the Minister of Customs.
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Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 15309, 9 August 1923, Page 4
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