INDUSTRY FOR AUSTRALIA.
. SCHEME TO GROW COTTON. PROFIT FOR QUEENSLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyrieht. Reecived May 14, 12.5 a.m. London, May 12. Mr. Hunter (Agent-General for Queensland) proceeds to Manchester on Friday to negotiate in regard to cotton growing in Queensland. This has been the subject of correspondence for some months, Lancashire ibeing particularly anxious to extend its sources of supply of raw cotton in view of the increasing demands on the American and Egyptian cropsThe Chamber of Commerce has now invited Mr. Hunter to discuss definite details. It is pointed out that a big enterprise in cotton growing in connection with soldiers' settlements, and otherwise is only justified if the present high prices of cotton continued, or if Lancashire brokers, spinners, and others guaranteed to purchase the output at fixed price over a period of years. Experiments conducted by the Imperial Institute and the Manchester Chamber of Commerce showed that Queensland cotton was of good marketable quality.—Aus,-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1920, Page 5
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159INDUSTRY FOR AUSTRALIA. Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1920, Page 5
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