BRITISH BEET SUGAR
BEIGHT SPOT IN AGRICULTURE. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIMfIHT.) (AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZBALAND CAIIP ASSOCIATION.) (Received 13th April, 10 a.m.J LONDON. 12th April. . Speaking at the luncheon of the British Sugar-beet growers Society, Sir Francis Floud said that he has every reason to suppose that the present Government would continue its remission of the excise duty on home-jtrown sugai'., which, he said, js the one bright spot in agriculture. Mr. G. H. Roberts, M.P. (Norwich), said that this year the two factories at Kelham and Cantley had contracted for 15,000 acres, with the employment of 1500 labourers. He hoped that in the near future there would be tw.enjy other factories.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 88, 13 April 1923, Page 7
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