SOUTH AFRICA.
THE NEW TARIFF. ALLEGATION'S BY BOERS. By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, October 9. The revised Transvaal tarifi nas given general satisfaction. The dutv machinery, building materials, agricultural implements, and the special duties on fodder, have !een abolished The special duties on foodstuffs’ have been reduced. The duty on jams is reduced to lid per ib. Public and military stores are free. The tariff is to come into operation a fortnight hence It is only provisional, since the Government desire to join the Customs Union, but are unable to do so owing to the present increase of certain duties on foodstuffs, which the coast colonies consider essential. Boers allege that the British magistrate at Shepstone incited Zulus to massacre a laager at Holkraittz. The Boers failed to convince a commission of enquiry as to the truth of their accusation. The commission intends to examine Dinizulu.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 542, 11 October 1902, Page 2
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