Bahamas International Trading Company.

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Tanganyika. – in the House of Commons at on 6 July 1925.

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Photo of Mr Charles Ammon Mr Charles Ammon , Camberwell North

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asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the recently-issued prospectus of the Bahamas International Trading Company, offering 100,000 ordinary shares of £1 each for. the purpose of providing money to deal in intoxicating liquors with a view to the liquors being smuggled into the prohibition territory of the United States; whether he is aware that the company has on its board six members of the Legislative Assembly of the Bahamas, including the president and two vice-presidents; and whether he will call for a report from the Governor of the Bahamas upon the operations of this company?

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