INCREASE IN PRICES.
TRADERS WARNED
WELLINGTON, April 29
The Board of Trade has instructed the anti-profiteering tribunals in the main centres to take steps to- inform traders that during the strike the Board will consider' any increase in prices over those ruling on April 26 without the consent of the Board or the tribunal, a,s an infringement of the Board of Trade Act. Where a price is raised without the consent of the Board, prosecutions will follow. The Board recognises that during the crisis extra charges for transport may be made, and that these must be borne by the consumer. The Board ■will in such cases consent to increases commensurate with the increasedl cost of transport. The suggestion is also made by the Board that the short-ages may necessitate some system of rationing.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9292, 29 April 1920, Page 5
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133INCREASE IN PRICES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9292, 29 April 1920, Page 5
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