ATTACK ON BOOTS, LTD
——<*> ] ATTITUDE OF LANG LABOUR. PREMIER DEFENDS THE FIRM. Received Nov. 26, 11.30 p.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 26. Launching a strong attack on Boots Company in the Legislative Assemoly to-day, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. J. T. Lang, pledged the next Labour Government to sweep Boots out of New South Wales. Mr. Lang argued that Boots was primarily an American company and, c in reality, an international drug com- g bine. He claimed that if Boots opened ( here existing chemists would be run s out of business and chaos would result. The Premier, Mr. A. L. Stevens, replying, said that with the exception of four per cent, ordinary capital, Boots was wholly Brit’« h
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 281, 27 November 1936, Page 7
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