CLOTHING FROM ENGLAND
MANUFACTURERS NEED PROTECTION INDICATION OF “DUMPING” (From Our Own Correspondent) WELLINGTON, Monday. A deputation from the Clothing Ti'ades Federation waited on the Minister of Customs, Hon. W. B. Taverner, to-day complaining that The clothing and 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. Tavernei' assured the deputation of liis sympathy and said that representation would be remembered when the tariff was being revised. The question was many sided. It was of paramount importance that the cost of living to the people must be kept down. With regard to the quality 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 and he would also see whether something could not be done to make it compulsory for materials to be stamped, showing what they were made of, as in the case of the boot trade.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 610, 12 March 1929, Page 12
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187CLOTHING FROM ENGLAND Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 610, 12 March 1929, Page 12
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