Protection Meeting at Christchurch.
IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS. • (UNITED PRKBS ASSOCIATION.) Chuistchukch, Wednesday. Mr John' Holmes, M.H.R., delivered a lecture to-night to a crowded audience under the auspices of the New Zealand Protection Association on "The best m-iim of supplying the working^ men of New Zealand with employment." 1 At the conclusion of the lecture the following resolution was carried unanimously, "That the subject ot furnishing employment to the workmen and youths of the colony has become of vital importance, and tliat m consequence of the low price of wool, grain, and other farm productions, it has become necessary that a large number of the people should be employed m manufacturing, and so make a home market for the farmers and thus become more self-reliant ; and to give an impetus to manufacturing, the Government be requested to revise the Customs tariff with a view to the fostering and encouragement of the industries and production of the colony."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 142, 21 May 1885, Page 3
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155Protection Meeting at Christchurch. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 142, 21 May 1885, Page 3
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