FEDERAL CUSTOMS
REVENUE SHOWS DROP CANBERRA, March 1. The revenue returns for eight months of the current year show' a drop in the Customs revenue of £9OO,QUO compared with the previous corresponding period. The Minister, of Trade (Mr K. E. Pratlen) attributes this falling oil chiefly to the bad season. He points out that chiefly luxury lines are affected, and claims that this affords convincing evidence that the policy of protection in Australia is gradually becoming more and more effective.
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Evening Star, Issue 19805, 2 March 1928, Page 4
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80FEDERAL CUSTOMS Evening Star, Issue 19805, 2 March 1928, Page 4
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