THE AUSTRALIAN TARIFF.
PROTEST FROM WOMEN. LOWERING THE STANDARD 01 LIVING. United Press Association—Copyrighl Received August' 27, 1.1 a.m. SYDNEY, August 26. A large meeting of women adopted a resolution emphatically protestin; at the high duties placed on necessaries of life. It was contended tliai the duties would compel many house keepers whose allowances were not tc ho increased either to run into dell or to use coarser food and. shodd.i clothing. It was decided'to forward the resolution to Sir Wm. Lyne; alst. to ask the Lord Mayor to call a meeting of protest.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2169, 27 August 1907, Page 2
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94THE AUSTRALIAN TARIFF. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2169, 27 August 1907, Page 2
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