IMPRESSIONS OF NEW ZEALAND.
COLONY FOR NEW ZEALANDERS
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SYDNEY, May 24. Mr. J. Reid, of Adelaide, President cl the Federal Chamber of- Manufacturers, addressing a meeting of members, gave the impressions of his re-cc-nt visit to New Zealand. He said Incw Zealand was a colony for New Zealanders; that was to say, they WlSllC(.l to lift illdnnmirlnnl- A
, . iiiuepenaent ot Australni. It was protectionist, and in the present revision of the tariff Australia would practically bo excluded, the labor clement appeared to dominate the colony. The country appealed to be m a prosperous state, hut Australian workmen were returning to the Commonwealth, although earning higher wages in New Zealand. living! ,Klit^ s existi »g
A„efT v "hen summed up Australian workmen were better of In I lf'’ than iu ’ Kow Zealand, In lepiy to a question in reference tc srs “ •"«
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2089, 25 May 1907, Page 2
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142IMPRESSIONS OF NEW ZEALAND. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2089, 25 May 1907, Page 2
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