SUGAR COMMISSION.
SMALL PROFITS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, October 19. The Sugar Commission has adjourned sine die. Mr. Knox produced documents showing that tlie Sugar Company's profits for the period 1901-1911 averaged 3s 6d per ton. Last year the .profit was 7s Bd. He stated that the newly-introduced Indian sugar workers in Fiji received Is 5d per day, and those whose indentures had expired 2s. both with housing. He claimed that they were better paid than the agricultural laborer in European countries.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 131, 21 October 1912, Page 5
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82SUGAR COMMISSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 131, 21 October 1912, Page 5
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