INDIAN COTTON
LANCASHIRE COMMITTEE . CHAIRMAN'S INVESTIGATION British "Wireless RUGBY, Jan. 11 Sir Richard Jackson, chairman of the Indian cotton inquiry committee set up in Lancashire to promote -the greater use of Indian cotton in ■England, has left London for India. 'He will investigate the problems and conditions existing in India in relation to the work of the committee, and will confer with the Indian central cotton committee, its technological and other committees, the Bombay Millowners' Association, and interests concerned with the marketing of cotton in various districts. Also Sir Richard will visit the Sukkur barrage in the Sind and several botanical research stations, where experiments to improve the staple of Indian cottons are being conducted. One development of the Indian cottqa inquiry committee has been the appointment of Mr. R. Fleming as cotton commissioner. He is to remain in India to act as liaison officer between the rawcotton trade there and the Lancashire users of Indian cotton.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 11
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157INDIAN COTTON New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 11
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