THE TARIFF.
DUTY ON FOOTGEAR
Press Association. WELLINGTON, March 25. Questions regarding the interpretation of the tariff in reference to shoes and slippers were discussed to-day between the Minister,of Customs and representatives of importers from Wellington and Auckland. The question at issue, apart from interpretation, was one of payment of duty. Slippers pay 22J per cent., and shoes one shilling* per pair, plus 15 per cent. The Minister said Parliament had agreed that slippers with soles of felt, twine, and carnet should be admitted at 224 per cent., and that would he adhered" to. He added that the idea of the duty under the new tariff was to foster the slipper manufacturing industry of New Zealand, by’ reducing the”duty on goods that could not be manufactured in the Dominion and putting the duty on those goods which could be manufactured here. Jf he now made a definition of dippers which was going to cut into the locii manufacturer, he would undo Ihe object that Parliament had in passing the tariff.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2149, 26 March 1908, Page 2
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170THE TARIFF. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2149, 26 March 1908, Page 2
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