BRITISH SUGAR TAKEN TO S. AFRICA
MELBOURNE. British passengers, officers, and crew of the British steamer Roxburgh Castle complain that 1000 tons of white sugar which the ship brought from England to South Africa is to be used in making soft drinks. An officer said that it was amazing, because the British sugar ration was lib. a week a person, and sugar was grown in South Africa. The ship berthed with empty holds at Victoria Dock because there was no Australian cargo offering in Durban. Cars and other general cargo were unloaded at South Africa. She will load 8000 tons of Australian apples and pears in her refrigerated holds to take back to Britain.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22669, 21 June 1948, Page 6
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114BRITISH SUGAR TAKEN TO S. AFRICA Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22669, 21 June 1948, Page 6
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