SUGAR PRODUCTION.
INCREASED CANE OUTPUT. WIPES OUT BEET DEFICIT. By Telegraph.—Press Aami.—Copyright. Received Dec. 7, 8.35 p.m. ■Jjondon, Dee. €. Sir Ernest Tate, speaking at the annual meeting of Tate and Lyle, eaid. the world’s sugar production had almost reached the .pre-war level, thanks greatly to the increased output of cane, which had almost wiped out Europe’s beet deficiency of three and a half million tons. As the same time, Sir R. S. Horne seemed inclined to reduce Britain’® heavy sugar tax, but he changed his mind at the last moment. Sir lE. Tate believed the reduction was justified, on the ground that the loss of revenue would be largely made up by means of the increased consumption.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1922, Page 4
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117SUGAR PRODUCTION. Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1922, Page 4
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