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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 176, 26 July 1919, Page 11

A notable example of war-time prices : I was furnished by the Victorian Minisr' ter of Railways in the Legislative Assem- ' j bly in reply to a question as ;to the number of '" I" trucks in the possession i number of covers available for them. ■ The total number of "I" trucks, tha I'■ Minister said. wa,* 14.516, and the numjber of tarpaulins 10.000. Some months ' J ago tenders were invited for 200,000 yards of canvas, but the only offer re- ■ J ccixed was 100.000 yard 3 from Japan. jThat offer was promptly accepted. The • price of the Japanese canvas —not of I such food quality as the British—was L 4/33 per yard: the last contract entered ; into prior to the '«var was at the rate of " 1/33 per yard for hest British canvas. - Xe-w covers were bein;r placed in service las rapidly as possible, and the stock of ! canvae on hand at Newport would enable ! the present output of 500 tarpaulins per '. month to be maintained, which allowing 1 for the covers condemned from time to ; time, would enable the number in exjst- . ence to be increased at the rate of 1 . about 250 a month.