THE BRITISH BUDGET.
[united press association]. (by electric telegraph—copyright). London, April 22. In the House of Commons, Sir M. Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said the exemption of colonial wines would involve on present consumption a loss of £20,000 yearly. He feared the preferential treatment of colonial wines would result in foreign wines being shipped to the colonies and re-exported to Britain, thus largely increasing the loss.
Sir M. Hicks-Beach will receive a deputation of Agents-General on ( .the subject of colonial vrine duties next Tuesday.
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Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 426, 25 April 1899, Page 3
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85THE BRITISH BUDGET. Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 426, 25 April 1899, Page 3
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