FEDERAL POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81837, 1 September 1906, Page 3

FEDERAL POLITICS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

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PREFERENCE TO BRITAIN. BY RAISING DUTIES ON FOREIGN GOODS. MiLßotrßifß, August 28 Under the tariff concession to f reV Britain, du'wt on foreign go ids wi l be raised by five to ten per cent., and fix? I duties by three and a-half to a ■hilling Mr Cook declared the GoTernment had torn up the compact with the people for fiscal peace. It w« a propotU to build a higher tariff wall round Australia. There would be no response on the part of Britain. Mr Dealcin moved for leave to in trodnee a Bill to allow tbe question o' the transference of the States' debts to be submitted to the people ihe Senate rejected the Canteen Abolition Bill.

" CHBONICLE" NOT JUBILANT. Received 31, 9.10 p.m AiOHDOX, August 31. Mr Dealrin cibled to the " Daily Chronicle" that his promise is something more thin an offer. It is an overture suggesting the possibilities of friendly negotiation. The " Chronicle" says the offer amounls to very little, while the protective wall remains so high

INTERVIEWS WITH LEADING POLITICIANS. G. H. REID'S OPINION. . Received 31st, 11.30 p.m. Sydney, August 31. Mr G. Reid, interviewed, described Mr Deakin's preference proposals as a half-hearted attempt to give a little preference, with a stronger dose of protection.' A genuine unconditional concession to the Mother Country on the part of her daughter States wu'd be quite a different matter, and one which K must commend itself to everyone as a matter of patriotism. A genuine concession would be to reduce the tariff and open the door a little wider.

THE LABOUR LEADER FAVOURABLE. Received 31st, ir.35 p m. Melbourne, Augusl 31. Mr Watson, in an interview, as a believer in preferential trade, welcomed Mr Dcakin's instalment, so far af the propositions went. There seemed to him an indication of 1 feeling in Australia on this important question that full concessions to other portions of the Empire could only be realised when a Reciprocal Act is possible.