FEDERAL TARIFF.
THE SENATE’S SUGGESTIONS. By .Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. Melbourne, Aug. 6. The Federal House, in committee, commenced consideration of the Senate’s suggestions on the Tariff Bill. On the first item, duty on beer, Mr Kingston asked the House to disagree with the Senate’s suggested reduction. Failing to obtain permission for a general discussion, Mr McMillan moved the Chairman out of the chair. Ho said that the Government had accepted about fifty suggestions, but only about seven affected the principles of the Bill. They asked the House to agree to a number of small and worthless concessions. If it was a compromise, it ought to be substantial. If tho Government proposals were not radically altered, they were inviting a struggle which no man could see tho end of.
Mr Kingston replied that the Senate’s suggestions wore entitled to rospectful consideration, Where Government believed they would improve the Bill, they would accept them. He asked the House to deal with the suggestions on their inorits, and accept or reject them on their merits only.
Consideration of the first item was then resumed.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 496, 7 August 1902, Page 2
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