SUGAR IN BRITAIN.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3526, 13 July 1920, Page 7

SUGAR IN BRITAIN.

The position with regal'd to sugar ‘ {in England is much more serious than ' in -\.ustralasia.l' Al‘ latest advices "there was evel'y }n-Cbahility tlfat the ‘zprice of I'atione(F:sL2g'al- would be incl'ease<_i_ §h__o_gl;;.by at least 1d per pound; it was all-e:»ld'_v about 1/. ' 1 This is the? 'l'(~3sult of the ndvallce mi {the 1)1'o(l11qe}':§’ price. writes at Daily! f (.‘.hronicle"é ‘ ‘ I'el)l"§§e.lxtat'i\’e, consegquenr. upofin'.§all* estimated deficit equal to 10 pel"~:ce'nt of the Cuban crop this‘ l year. 1. I The I)l|j(l.E\)V of sugar in the‘ Cuban‘ 3 market has‘_radvanced so much that‘ it-he I‘ood‘h%igiLs;g:y' cannot afford to I buy tl».e:-u n'o"W a‘u‘d sell it. at less than f 1/6; per lb. Fortunately gooa stocks :of the cheaper sugar are still .in i hand. _ » ii‘; Mr ;\[c'.Curcly states that the amount of Sll3‘:-11' to be issued to householders I for 311111 Inaking during the Corning: season is approxifimtely 35.000 t’ons_ g No sugar is to be allotted to breWeries and disrillel‘i<»-.2, and the confec- _. tionery trade is to re<*ei\'e one—Ymll‘ Ih<’- ' ‘ qllalll'it.y ISSII(‘d during 1919, whichf] was :Ippl'oxinml<‘l.\' 166,000 ton»-_ ;