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WELLINGTON, March. 11
A deputation representing the Clothing Trades Federation waited on the Alinistei* of Customs (the Hon W. B. Taverner) to-day, complaining -that the clothing manufacturing trade in New Zealand was unable to compete with imported wearing apparel on account of the cheaper manufacturing cost of the imported article. The deputation asked that the tariff’ should be increased on made-up clothing from abroad, including England.
Mr Taverner assured the deputation of his sympathy, and said that the representations would, he remembered when the tariff was being revised some time in the future. The question was many-sided, as it was of paramount importance that the cost ol living to tile people must be kept down. In regard to thrquality of imported goods and the fact that they were being .sold cheaply at Home, that seemed to indicate that dumping was taking place. He would investigate that. He would also see whether something could not |,e done to make it compulsory Tor materials to bo stamped, showing what they were made of, as was done in the case of the lioot trade.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 March 1929, Page 2
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