THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8517, 23 August 1907, Page 5

THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

DUT3T ON WIRE NETTING.

Received August 22, 10.23 a.m. SYDNEY, August 22. Mr Caisuthers ordered the removal of the netting, under the advice of the Crown law authorities, founded on a Supreme Court judgment given four years 4go. Received .August 22, 10.40 a.m. MELBOURNE, August 22. Sir Wiliiiam Lyne stated to the Federal House that neither the New SouthWalesCSavernment nor any other Government was going to take anything by fosae. He hoped, if the necessity arose, members would support him in talaing an extreme course. Received Aiagust 22, 9.20 p.m. LQMDON, August 22. When Mr Wisston Churchill announced in the Souse of Commons ithat Sir William Lpie was unable to .defer the the new duties, Mr H. Cox, Liberal member for jßreston, shouted: "Will the Birmingham commercial ioen take this Ojtfing down." Received August 22, &28 p.m. LONDON, Asgust 22. " Ififee Chairman of the Birmingham Chaeiber of Commerce declares that in seme cases the new Australian tariff as prohibitive. He intends to confer with other Chambers of (Commerce &n the matter. Received August 22, 10.35 SYDNEY, August 22/ The Federal Government has served an injunction on the New South Wa!i®s Government arid calls upon the State Attorney-General to show cause why an injunction should not ba issued to restrain the Government from further interfere;.ce with imports which are not cleared at the Customs, and why a declaration should not be issued compelling the return of the wiro netting taken. The matter comes before the High Court to-morrow. The State Government will raise the question of. whether there exists any jurisdiction in th# High Court to deal with the j mattes' under the Customs Act. DEBATE IN FEDERAL HOUSE. Received August 22, 10.40 a.m. MELBOURNE, August 22. Mr G. H. Reid, in the House, opened the debate on the tariff. He made a general attack on the Government proposals, and said people had been invited by him to leave the tariff as it was, but had refused to endorse his policy, and by a two to one majority pledged members to increase the tariff. It would be a monstrous absurdity to ask these members to go against their pledges, but at the same time he did not think the people in their maddest moments expected instalments of protection sUch as were now proposed. He intimated that the task set himself was to reduce the duties in the hope of securing a revenue-producing tariff.

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