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AUSTRALI AN TARI FF.'
;-.' Tbe? effectiupnn^ British .trade of the fin-;'
crease' in'* the f Australian tariff was -dealt
'?with »bjrlVrr/'Krne8t;iT;\ ^Walker, president
'of-thtf. Leicefiter' Chambers of- Commerce,
,at tlie. annual meeting in Leicester recent
ly.' 'Unfortunately.'' he, said, 'we. have not
?made the most; of our wonderful posses-'
sions, and the disastrous :and unexpected
'increase in the Australian i 'tariff is a. most
?unpleasant sign that there is a danger of -
our Dominions drifting away front us. .; I
am -convinced that they ; fare', adopting a
foolish and dangerous policyVand one which
eooner or' later, will -reaction their'fown
? heads.' ? : An ; effort , should '.be ' made Kradu
; ally i to -' reduce; trade barriers ; within ; the
iEmpire^, ;Tof.'attairi' ? this end. concessions
-woiildvhave 'to'lbe maile on .Unthi' sides,- he
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