SUGAR BOUNTIES.
DEBATE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS ■ ____ ■ ■ '"f SPEECH BY MB CHAMBERLADT. \ \ ; .United PrtM A«K»l»iion-By Sl«kto Telegr*ph-rCoßjrrißiit. (Receired November 26th, 9.12 a.m.) l . LONDON, November 25. \ In Hhe Hotiee of Commone, Sir W. f* << Harcourt, moving the rejection of the Bug* Bounties Conveation, ea|d the ConvaoMMl shut and looked the opes door of conawM woi pui the key in the hands of a EoropNi % •yodicaie, which might create a trnet !»♦ \ juriotnto Britieh trade. The change woeH ,f\ saddle consumers of sugar to the extent tl -k, «n additional halfpenny per pound, •moo**' | s ; ing 'to seven or eight miUione a year. ( I Mr Chamberlain; contributed to tik* w* b*ie, an earnest and «nerge,tio epeecn, *{u+'* well epeech prior to hie departure for See* \i Africa. He said the knell of the BmpM l was tolled if the colonies were allowed to , believe that for the sake of a trifling *d-f' vantage the Motherland waa nady to mw» fioe their intereeta. She wae' bound to aol eqnitaSly by her fellow cubjecta in the dif teat parta of the Empire* Sir William Harcourt's motion wag tived by 213 votes to 126. Eight Unionist voted with,the Opposition, and maj «b* stained from voting.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11441, 27 November 1902, Page 4
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SUGAR BOUNTIES.
Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11441, 27 November 1902, Page 4
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