SLAVE LABOR BOYCOTTED.
COCOA COMPANIES' STAND. PI KLICIBIC TZLEUUAI'II COI'IUKim I'EB UNITED I'BEBS ASSOCIATION. Received March 19, 8.30 a.m. LONDON. March IS. The firms of Cadlniry Bros.. Fry and Co. and Rowutre»> and Co tcocoa manufacturers) have decided not to purchase cocoa produced on the Portuguefeownod island of St. Thomas (on tho Gulf of Guinea* on principle, giving the reason that it is virtually slave-grown. Sao lhome, or St. Thomas, is an island on the Gulf of Guinea, in Portuguese "West Africa. Tho area is 309 Si'uato miles, the population being 18,300.
CABLE NEWS.
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Mataura Ensign, 19 March 1909, Page 3
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