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AGITATION AGAINST THE SUGAR TRUST.
[rEESS ASSOCIATION.]
GREYMOUTH, April 21. Great indignation is expressed by the public and msrehants or the town by the refusal of the Colonial Sugar Company to allow, any bonus- on direct purchases, unless they amount to £500 worth or oVer. This must prove detrimental :to the working men, who strongly/, condemn ■ the; tactics of the Sugar Company in. arranging, with, a New Zealand syndicate in the direction of keeping the price of sugar up. The Greymouth Chamber of Commerce has taken the matter in hand, and the whole question will be laid before Parliament.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 93, 21 April 1911, Page 5
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A SWEET SUBJECT
Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 93, 21 April 1911, Page 5
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