SOVIET SWEETS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 4 July 1931, Page 3

SOVIET SWEETS

BARGE LOADS IN THAMES “These are Russian sweets, sent hero by the Soviet Government,” said De-tocticve-Sergcant Cumner, when giving evidence at Tower Bridge Police Court, London, against two boys charged with stealing a tin of sweets from the barge Sappbira. Mr Campion (the Magistrate): “Ob, Russian sweets made out of sugar subsidised by English money. I suppose they are to be sold very cheaply in this country? The Clerk: “I gather that they are to be sold at half the price it costs to make English sweets.” Mr Campion: “Are there many tins?” Detective-Sergeant Cumner: “Barge loads of them. Mr Campion: “They are got up very well. Their colouring is, to say the least, brilliant but I wonder under what conditiuils they were made.”

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