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Sugar duties and refinery clash with Royal Commission
The text discusses sugar industry revenue from excise £150,000 yearly and looming duty of £6 per ton on cane sugar. It notes Sugar Refining Company actions to thwart the Royal Commission, the chairman and secretary refusing evidence, legal proceedings, and an appeal against a fine still pending.
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Melbourne
Age
Argus
Richmond
Darling Downs
Messra
Groom Greene
Green
A. Greene
Groom
Commonwealth
Sugar Commission
Sugar Refining Company
Royal Commission
Iied
Ita Ieal
Queensland
Messrs. Greene and Groom