South Africa
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR BRITISH GOODS. Five colonies in the Bloemfontein. Conference have signed the draft of the Customs Union Convention. Ten per cent preferential treatment is to be accorded Britain and the colonies which reciprocate. The draft must be ratified by the various Legislatures. The articles most favoured are flour and wheat. The closing resolution described the Convention as a great strike for political unification, and' expressed the hope that the conference would, promote the commonwealth of South Africa. THE CUSTOMS UNION. The Johannesburg correspondent of the Standard states that the Customs Conference at Bloemfontein has decided to greatly reduce the railway rates to the Rand on necessaries of life from Ist July. The correspondent adds that the Customs union of British South Africa is assured.
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Manawatu Herald, 28 March 1903, Page 2
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128South Africa Manawatu Herald, 28 March 1903, Page 2
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