FREE STATE INDUSTRIES
PROTECTIVE DUTIES. YORKSHIRE TRADE IHT. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received April 28, 12.30 p.m.) DUBLIN, April 27. The Free State has increased the duties on British and foreign readymade clothing to 45 and (30 per cent. respectively. . Woollen worsted fabrics are subject to a 20 per cent, duty on British and 30 per cent, on foreign. Tlic Irish press declares that . the Irish woollen industry, though partially crushed by England's tyrannous laws, is still nourishing under the laws ot 11, c 17th. and 18th. centuries. The duties, however, could lie revised, thus reducing unemployment. _ 'l'lie imposition of (he tarill is deplored in Yorkshire, where it is bound to hit a large and profitable trade.
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Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18622, 28 April 1932, Page 7
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