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Hokitika Guardian, 28 February 1929, Page 5

GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS IN CHINA. “ After more than two years of the unusual experience of, so to speak, Sir Miles Lampson_Jias entered into full diplomatic relations with the Government that effectively depresents the group of Chinese provinces inland from Shanghai and north and south of the lower Yangtsze, and that claims to represent the whole of China. From the commercial point of view the treaty should establish once more upon a linn basis the tariff relations between the two countries. The treaty accords reciprocal most-favoured nation treatment to the nationals and goods of both parties in regard to Customs and internal duties based upon reimports and exports. Last but not least, the Chinese Government has given further assurances that it will abolish ‘ likin ’ as soon as possible, and also that when goods have once', paid import duty they will not be subjected to any further levies of a similar nature.” —“ The Times” (London).