MEAT PRICES
INJUSTICE CLAIMED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, October 17.
The Price Investigation Tribunal's action in sanctioning higher meat prices in the Auckland district only was criticised, at a special meeting of the executive of the Canterbury Master Butchers' Association tonight.
A statement made officially by the executive after the meeting was that the singling out of Auckland for preferential treatment was most unjust Ajvhen tlie position of the butchering trade in other districts Avas more serious.
"Unless the tribunal's decision for ojfter parts of the Dominion is released immediately, the position, already acute, will become desperate," the statement continued.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 94, 18 October 1939, Page 15
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100MEAT PRICES Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 94, 18 October 1939, Page 15
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