COTTON DUTIES.
INDIA'S PROPOSALS. LANCASHIRE PROTESTS. By Cable. — Press As.wciatirni. — Copyright. Australian and N.X. Cable Association. LONDON, March 7. The Lancashire Cotton Trade Unions, representing 400,000 workers, have decided to protest against the Indian cotton duty, and to send a deputation to Mr Austen Chamberlain (Secretary of State for India). The leading Employers' Associations have decided upon a similar course. Speeches were made complaining of the raising of the fiscal question. The Lancashire members of Parliament have called a meeting to discuss many matters, and many questions upon the same topic have been given notice of in the House of Commons.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 959, 8 March 1917, Page 9
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101COTTON DUTIES. Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 959, 8 March 1917, Page 9
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