FEDERAL TARIFF.
DUTY ON VEGETABLES. By Tolograph—Prose Association—Copyright Melbourne, Aug. 8. In the Federal House on the Senate’s suggestion to place fruits and vegetables on the free list, Mr Bruce Smith moved to strike out Vegetables; This led to A general discussion on the proposal to remit fodder duties for the sake of starving stock. The obtaining of supplies of New Zealand produce was mooted)
Mr Skene opposed New Zealand fodder being allowed to come in easily. There was, he said, plenty of hay and chaff available in Victoria, but root‘~ci;jps should be allowed free from New Zealand, Mr Kennedy quoted figures to ."Show that hay and oats were the same price in New Zealand as in Melbourne. It would not pay to feed sheep on roots. Mr Smith’s amenument was negatived. He-then moved to reduce vegetables to one shilling per cental, and this was carried. . .1 !; .- 3
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 498, 11 August 1902, Page 2
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