ABOLITION OF FLOUR DUTY.
By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, September 3. _ A special meeting of the Council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce was held, this afternoon, to consider the proposed abolition of the duty on imported flour. Mr N. A. Nathan, who presided, considered that it would be a disastrous thing for the whole community if the duty was removed. The South would be more affected than the North, which did hot grow wheat to any extent, but the whole colony would suffei. Mr Mennie said that if the local market was thrown open to the competition of Australia the milling industry in New Zealand would have to shut up altogether. Mr Evans said that if there was any guarantee that the consumer would get his loaf a penny cheaper there would be room for argument. Ultimately, after a great deal of discussion, a motion was carried expressing, the opinion "that it is extremely undesirable that be duty on flour be removed, as it is essential to the farming interests of New Zealand that the duty should be retained on both flour and wheat."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8528, 4 September 1907, Page 5
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184ABOLITION OF FLOUR DUTY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8528, 4 September 1907, Page 5
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