TOBACCO LICENSE NEEDED.

NZ Truth, Issue 234, 18 December 1909, Page 6

TOBACCO LICENSE NEEDED.

Palmerston tobacconists have petrtion<ed Parliameftt regarding uniair competition from fruiterers, grocers and stationers, who s^ll tobacco, as a side Jin© alter tlie tobacconists are compelled to close. This loots as though the tobacco people 'all o v er the Dominion were waKing up to tlreir interests, and taking vigorous steps to "put themselves on a decent footing. Bat until tobacco is sold under a license, the poor tobacconist will have a hard job to carry on business m view of the tactics of John Chinaman and .other unscrupulous traders.