EMPIRE COTTON
UGANDA'S RECORD PRODUCTION (British Official Wireless.) Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, May 10. . -Lord Derby, at the annual meeting of the British Cotton Growing Association, referring to, the production increase within the Empire during the ye»r, said that the honours went to Uganda, which produced nearly : 3,000,OCX) bales of cotton. This was a record for that protectorate; an increase of 90,000 bales over the previous year. ,He appealed to Lancashire spinners who sum low counts and manufacturers and snippers of cloth to give preference to'lndian cotton.
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Evening Star, Issue 21718, 12 May 1934, Page 13
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87EMPIRE COTTON Evening Star, Issue 21718, 12 May 1934, Page 13
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