TARIFF COMMISSION.

Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19010, 29 July 1933, Page 6

TARIFF COMMISSION.

THE PRINTING TRADE. OPPOSED TO ALTERATION. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. Evidence was given before the Tariff Commission to-day by Mr E. W. Clarkson, secretary of the Federation of Master Printers of New Zealand. He said the industry was opposed to an alteration in the present tariff by way of increasing the duty on any basic materials used in the printing and allied industries, or by way .of reducing the rate of duty at present imposed on finished or manufactured products of the printing industry, including manufactured stationery. The duties certainly extended a measure of encouragement to local producers, but it could not be said that the tariff afforded definite protection. . DUTIES ON RADIO SETS. WELLINGTON, Friday. Representations on behalf of a local firm of radio manufacturers were made to the Tariff Commission to-day. No duty was sought on English sets or their component parts, but on foreign a duty of 25s per valve- socket was asked, instead of the ad valorem basis. In regard to Australia a tariff on the basis of reciprocity was asked. On behalf of another firm a duty of 25s per socket or 35 per cent, ad valorem was asked, whichever was greater, on foreign sets and chassis, and 10 to 15 per cent, on British, and the free importation of parts which \could not be made in New Zealand. Mr B. Ginger, representing Frederick Stearns and Co., of Sydney, asked that certain lines manufactured by the company he classed as medicinal preparations instead of medicated confectionery.