CUSTOMS CONVENTION.
SOME CLOSE DIVISIONS.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 10.26 p.m., June 30. Capetown, June 30. Sir Gordon Sprigg announced that he would stand or fall by the Customs Convention, Mr Madan’s amendment to re-open negotiations for the purpose of protecting colonial manufacturers and otherwise changing the Convention was rejected by 43 to 39, while on the Speaker’s casting vote Mr Searle’s amendment for eliminating the principle of preferential treatment was negatived. Sir Gordon Sprigg’s motion approving of the Convention was then agreed to.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 930, 1 July 1903, Page 2
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84CUSTOMS CONVENTION. Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 930, 1 July 1903, Page 2
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