SUGAR AND POLITICS
tjil; labour party’s PRLMCXMENT. TJic Labour Party ij 1 the llourfv was welcomed by . members of L.-e Opposition into the middle oi tJi*' road last night during the debate on sugar duty. Mr Ala stems Canned tlu>L the attitude of the Lao or Party in regard to protection vi the Colonial Sugar Co. has changed since last year. “Wo have had the Gabon! l’arty ridiculing the Liberal thirty about our standing u the nit die of the road” said Mr Alatu i',s “but where does the labour Party stand now in regard t > the po. iuon of the Colonial Sugar Cright in the middle of the road, because they see that is the only tiling they can adopt. It is true rat they him themselves in a very p< i. n.r position.” ‘Mr Praser : A very , logical pOei' t. Oil. Mr Musters: The, bon. gentleman is perfectly right. The leg*«) position is in the middle of the load, not on one sde' of the road’. (Laughter). Mr Noswortby: It is nothing to laugh at.
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Feilding Star, Volume 2, Issue 317, 22 August 1924, Page 7
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