THE SUGAR COMMISSION.
A WHITE AUSTRALIA. By Oable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 17, 9.30 p.m. Sydney, October 17. At the Sugar Commission, Mr. Knox, dealing with the riskiness of the industry, said that the Colonial Sugar Company recently lost £50,000 on two cargoes of Java sugar ordered after the crop prospects in Queensland had brightened. They paid £12,000 to cancel the order. A drought followed, and they re-bought the cargoes at an additional cost of £38,000. The chairman, referring to the advantages resulting from protective duties on sugar, said white had been substituted for colored labor, effecting an important contribution to the solution of the White Australia problem. Also by filling unoccupied tropical areas, which constitute a direct temptation to Asiatic invasion, they had vitally contributed to a solution of the defence question. He again asked Mr. Knox to answer questions covering tlie internal management of the company, but Mr. Knox declined, on the strength of the High Court deeisio*.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 129, 18 October 1912, Page 5
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158THE SUGAR COMMISSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 129, 18 October 1912, Page 5
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