THE SUGAR INQUIRY.
FURTHER EVIDENCE. By CaWe— Pres* A«oci*ti«n—Copyright. Sydney, February 23. A witness gave evidence that the Colonial and ilaliquin Companies always raised and lowered prices simultaneously. A number of wholesale merchants declared that they dealt largely in the Colonial Company's sugar, and the profit \vas practically nil. The sugar duty was generally condemned. In contradiction of a witness, the chairman declared that the evidence from North Queensland stated that the country was suitable for nothing bat sugar. Rice, cotton and dairying had been tried, and failed.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19120224.2.38
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 203, 24 February 1912, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
88THE SUGAR INQUIRY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 203, 24 February 1912, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in