TRUST METHODS.
BACON" TRADE UNDER SU-SPICIUS. (.Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. j In a loujr question to the. Prime Minister, Mr. Field (Otaki) suggests that the high price of baton might bt due to monopoly methods in the irasl nets. The Prime >linioter replied that this matter is under investigation by the Board of Trade, and evidence has already been taken in Wellington and Cliristchurcli. Mr. Field asks ■whether the Board has yet inquired into the reason why bacon is being retailed in Wellington at 1/3 to 1/li per II).. whereas farmers are understood to be receiving not more than (id per pound for their baconer pige, and at the same time relinquishing all their byproducts. The member draws attention to a pamphlet issued by a co-operative bacon company in which appears a statement by a director indicating- that one of the objects of the company is to limit tht supply of bacon on the New Zealana market to a quantity which may be considered suflicient for that market, ana to ship the surplus green to England.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 208, 31 August 1917, Page 3
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