THE PREMIER AT RANGIORA.
REDUCTIONS CONTEMPLATED,
CHRISTCHURCH, April 11
At his Rangiora meeting, last night, the Premier said he would indicate the direction iu which reductions were contemplated. A reduction of 33 per cwt on sugar meant a saving of £69,058 to the people of the colony. The remission of tbe duty on dried fruits accounted for another £24,050; that on maizena and cornflour, £1,495; potatoes, £3,255; cotton goods (to 10 per cent.), £15,549; forfar and lineus, etc., £6,40-4; tobacco (from 3s 6d to 2s 2d), £131,105.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8118, 12 April 1906, Page 5
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87THE PREMIER AT RANGIORA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8118, 12 April 1906, Page 5
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