DEMONSTRATION IN CUBA
THE SUGAR TAX BILL (United Press Association —By Electric ... , Telegraph—Copyright) _L : HAVANA. 17th December. ; ; Thousands of sugar-cane workers . and farmers made a mass demonstration in front of the Capitol on behalf of Senor Batista’s 9 cents a bag sugar tax Bill, which is designed to ; produce 2,000,000 dollars annually in support of rural schools. Following a- break with the civil forces headed by President Gomez, Senor Batista spoke by radio urging support for his programme, resulting in a demonstration of united support by. the newspapers. • . " .-1/'
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19361219.2.93
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 19 December 1936, Page 9
Word Count
89DEMONSTRATION IN CUBA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 19 December 1936, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.