THE FEDERAL TARIFF.
A Fijian Protest.
[per PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] Sydney, Nov 27.
The Representatives of 57 mercantile firm and shipping companies of Sydney have forwarded a petition to Hon C, C. Kingston stating that they view with alarm the utmost certain destruction of trade between Sydney and Fiji and the other Pacific islands if the Federal Tariff is adopted, and they ask him to take into special consideration the trade of the Commonwealth with the Islands, and place on free list such products as copra, cocoanuts, bananas, peanuts, pineapples, becheodemer, vanilla, pearl-shell, and turtle-shlel. The petition reminds Mr Kingston that recently, when New Zealand was trying to bring about the federation of Fiji with New Zealand the Federal Government strongly protested to Mr Chamberlain against the movement. It would therefore appear to be inconsistent for the Federal Government now to so tax the products of Fiji that the trade must undoubtedly be forced to New Zealand and lost to the Commonwealth.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GEST19011128.2.20
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 28 November 1901, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
162THE FEDERAL TARIFF. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 28 November 1901, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in