THE TIMBER INDUSTRY.
FOREIGN TIMBER COMPETITION. PROTECT AOAINKT AN INCREASE JN IMPORT DUTY. By Telegraph.-—Press Association. Mastodon, Last Night. At 11 meeting of tile Chamber of Commerce to-day, t'lio following motion was carried:—'Uliat (ho Minister of Customs lie written 1,0 and lirced not to make liny increase in the import duty on fo- , reign timher, as it considered (1) that Ss per 100 ft is quite snflicient to proI (cet the industry; (2) that an increase I in duty would impose a hardship on the majority of the population of New Zealand, conferring a benefit on a few niille,rs and mill hands only; (3) that if any further assistance he given to miller*! it should be' in the way of cheaper rKilway freight.
CABLE NEWS (By Cable.—Pre9s Association.—Copyright.)
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 178, 18 July 1908, Page 2
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128THE TIMBER INDUSTRY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 178, 18 July 1908, Page 2
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