COLONIAL SUGAR CO.
HALF-YEARLY MEETING.
THE- QUEENSLAND MILLS
'' Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. j i (Received 1.30 a.ra.) SYDNEY. Oct. 81. :- I At the half-yearly meeting of the 3 | Colonial Sugar Company, the chaire ! man stated that the position of the n ; Queensland mills was very unsatisi- I factory, owing to the fixing of the e! price of cane, and unprecedented j wages awards. He Mas unable to 3 ! give details on account of proceed- . ; ings in the Supreme Court. The - j accounts covered a sum of £ 11,500, - ! representing the company's liability - for difference in pay of employees , I who had enlisted, totalling 163 «ffi-j i j cers and 424 wage-earners of the i company. He felt sure the sharei holders would agree that the honour i and credit won should be regarded i as of more importance than the liaj bility the company had incurred. j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16375, 1 November 1916, Page 8
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