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COUNTRY STORES PENALISED (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday "Why should country children suffer for two or three days so that chemists in town can get a little bit of extra profit?" asked Mr. K. W. J. Hall at a meeting of the North Canterbury district executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, in a complaint about the Government's action in forbidding country storekeepers to sell proprietary medicines, of which every child needed an occasional dose.
Mr. Hall said the effect was that instead of getting them at the nearest source of supply, the country store, a farmer had to write to a chemist for them, which meant a delay of two or three days, as well as extra cost. He claimed that the regulations put an unfair burden on mothers and children in the country. It was stated by Mr. D. Goode that the position was just as bad in his district. He understood that the position was that they could not be stocked if the country store was within 10 miles of the town.
Mr. Hall said that he was 40 miles from town, and the storekeeper was still not allowed to sell proprietary medicines or tonic foods. The meeting decided to protest to the Government.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 173, 24 July 1941, Page 12
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