CUSTOMS ASSESSMENT
';/: AT PRE-WAR EXCHANGE RATE. London, July 7. ' " Mr. Theodore, Premier of Queensland, has returned from Paris. General Pau and other members of the French Mis'sion which visited Australasia ■ entertained Mr. Theodore on- Tuesday, and . expressed deep regret at the Tecent Aus- , tralian tariff changes, particularly the provision by which' Customs duty iB chargeable at the pre-war rate of exchange.' ..Mr. Theodore has'received con- • : Btarit protests on the subject from manufacturers, all of whom' declared that the regulation nullifies the hopes that General Pau's Mission would result in an increase of French trade with Australia.—. /Aus.-N.Z. Cable .Assn,. THE COMMONWEALTH'S POLICY. Melbourne, July 9. '•' Mr. Massey- Greene, Federal Minister. ■ of Customs, informed a deputation from' ' the Chamber of Commerce which sought an'adjustment'of the rate of exchange in assessing duty .on French, Belgian, and " -Italian goods; ■ that. the Commonwealth's 'policy-was to give Britain a preference over the rest'of-the world—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 245, 10 July 1920, Page 7
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150CUSTOMS ASSESSMENT Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 245, 10 July 1920, Page 7
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