SUGAR TAX.
DEPUTATION TO MR. LLOYD GEORGE. THE TAX IS A BURDEN OH THE POOR. BUT CANNOT BE A7ODDED. By Telegraph.— Press A sjooiation.— Copyright. (Received May 13, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 12th May. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George, informed a deputation that the sugar tax was a burden on the poor, and interfered with a valuable industry, but he was unable to abolish it, ac it yielded over three million pounds. I He was convinced that such taxes should be avoided if they; could be extracted from other eourcee.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 112, 13 May 1911, Page 5
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92SUGAR TAX. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 112, 13 May 1911, Page 5
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