BRITISH DYE-WORKS SCHEME
OUTLOOK FOR ITS SUCCESS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London) December 9. Lord Moulton, at a meeting of Lancashire and Yorkshire business men, explained the national dye-works scheme; The Government proposes to establish dye-works and raise three millions as its share of the oapital, if guaranteed a debenture issue of one and a half millions. Lord Moulton said that £2,000,000 worth of dyes was consumed in Britain annually, which were essential for industrial products valued at £200,000,000, upon which one and a half million men were dependent. Only a tenth of the dyes used were now produced in Britain, and' stocks were rapidly diminishing. Germany was putting on intense pressure to prevent Sweden giving help. . The meeting unanimously approved the proposal.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2330, 11 December 1914, Page 8
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122BRITISH DYE-WORKS SCHEME Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2330, 11 December 1914, Page 8
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