FOREIGN GOODS
| CONTRACTS FOR NAVY I — : — COMPLAINTS IN COMMONS Prwm A»Bociation—By Tclojjnipb—-Copjriftn LONDON*. Nlaifli If). In the House of Commons, Mr Cecil Hilton (C.) complained that, while the Lancashire cotton mills were working short time, a contract for 2,000,0()U pairs of bootlaces for the Navy was placed with a foreign firm. Every tag was stamped “ Made in England.’' In the course of the same debate. Commander Kemvonhy complained that the Navy was mostly fed on Argentine meal. “ I demand Brills') meat for the British tars,” he said. 11 The bulldog breed should he fed on British bullocks.” Australian Press Association-United Service. •
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Evening Star, Issue 20130, 21 March 1929, Page 8
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101FOREIGN GOODS Evening Star, Issue 20130, 21 March 1929, Page 8
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