FEDERAL TARIFF.
By Telegraph—Press Association.—Copyright m, , , Melbourne, Dec. 4. The labor party moved that cottons bn placed on the free list. A long debate ensued, and, despite the Government opposition, the duty whs abolished on the ;°' CC T , Th f e still remain a dragaffLf y *- o£ i ten per cent > but onl Y affects articles not in common use. The Lommittee is still sitting on the items dealing with woollens. The Government propose 20 per cent., while other proposals Jiave been moved varying from 10 to 25 per cent. Mr McMillan again protested against the Government sitting all night on so important a matter as the tariff. At two this morning he moved that the chairman leave the chair. The Opposition stonenalW untfl four this afternoon, when the tariff debate was resumed.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 280, 5 December 1901, Page 2
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