SUGAR BY POST.
THE-PROffißrriON IN ENGLAND
Uoforeneo to the embargo on the sending oi" sugar through ill.- post to people in tho Old Countj-y was made in tihe Houso of Representatives by Mr Talbot on Wednesday afternoon. A great many of tho patriotic societies', he said,'had boon .'.ending parcels of sugar to tho boys at the front and in Eaglind, and they had. more sugar in Hand -ready t.o-fiend. They, thoro fore, v.'M-.ited to know the position. Tho Hon. A. M. Myor.s (Minister for Customs), to whom Mr Taibot addressed his question, stated tbab in tho meanwhile the Post Oifiro officials refused to send forward any food parcels containing sugar, owing to the special instructions received from the Imperial authorities. He had just boon advised by the Minister for .Defence that he had sent a cablegram to the •High Commissioner asking him to cable out the ex.net position regarding tlio forwarding of parcels of sugar to New Zealand soldiers Mr Young: Is there a .shortage of sugar at Home? Tho Prime Minister: Yes. They have hardly any. Mr Yo.mg: Then why do they refuse to take it from us?
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 243, 13 October 1917, Page 2
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189SUGAR BY POST. Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 243, 13 October 1917, Page 2
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