SUGAR EXCISE
i FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S LOSS. WHOSE THE BLAME-? (By Telegraph.— Press Associfttioh.-*-CopyMght.) MELBOURNE. 20th Augusr. Mr. L i'> Groom (I'ederfcl Minister for Customs), replying to Mi. G. F. Tudor's allegation with reference to the Government's loss on the sugar excise in connection with the proclamation of the Sugar Bounty and Sugar' Excise Abolition Act, blamed the late Government—of which Mr Tudoi was Minister for Customs— for making no provisions to meet the difficulty. It is understood that the Government is introducing s Bill to provide for the ! payment of excise duty on all EUgar that | was in bond when the excise was repealed. [Mr. Tudor created a sensation in the Federal House of Representatives by stating ih<)t the Government had proclaimed the Sugar Bounty and Efccisc Abolition Act at a time when the Colonial Sugar Company held huge reserves, upon which duties amounting to £100,000 Would have been levied had the proclamation been slightly delayed.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1913, Page 7
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156SUGAR EXCISE Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1913, Page 7
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