J. S. Goddard, presid ent, in the Chair. Mr. E. V. Greatbatch had given notice of his intention to call attention to irregularities in railway charges. He said that a Birmingham railway superintendent had recently permitted himself to speak very strongly with regard to the iniquities of traders in defrauding railway companies. From a long experience he was of opinion that the boot was on the other leg. He then proceeded to cite various cases of overcharges made against himself by railway companies, and said that in each case he had paid the overcharge and then sued the Company for the amo |
last, has been published in the Treaty Series of Reports. Under these Conventions certain colonial produce i.e coffee, cocoa, pepper, pimento, amomums and cardamoms, cinnamon, cassia lignea, nutmegs, mace, cloves, vanilla and tea of the abovementioned British Colonies and Protectorates will be admitted into France, Algeria, and the French Colonies and Possessions including Protectorates, at the lowest rates of duty applicable to similar products of other foreign origin; while the natural and manufactured products of France and French Possessions are reciprocally entitled on importation into... |
question occurs as to what sort of man to entrust the business to, and many give their agency to a large wholesale firm, hich is often interested in a retail business, and is inclined to reseitve some of the best things for their own retail trade. The Consul considers that in many respects a man who is in business in a smaller way, interested in selling on commission or otherwise several different articles, is the most satisfactory man to make an arrangement with, but he cannot be expected to do any advertising out of his profit, so that this should be arranged for by the manufacturer. This... |