"NO GENERAL INFERENCE"
MINISTER AXD BROADCAST (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Friday. "The protest by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce against the broadcast, 'Guardians of the People's Purse' which dealt with the work of the Price Tribunal, must have resulted from some misunderstand-" ing" said the Minister of Broadcasting, the Hon. D. Wilson, to-night. The broadcast explained why the Government had decided to regulate prices, Mr. Wilson continued, and impartially discussed some of the difficulties facing both inspectors and retailers. It also emphasised the fact that generally retailers welcomed the advice of inspectors.
"Not for one moment was it intended to assert that traders as a class were dishonest," the Minister said, "and having reheard the broadcast, I am at a loss to know how anyone could have obtained that impression. The number of prosecutions for breaches of the price regulations was mentioned to show that the Price Tribunal is necessary in wartime, but the only fair inference that can be taken from the figures is that honest traders are in the vast majority."
Mr. Wilson added that the broadcast was certainly for the purpose of securing the co-operation of the public in reporting breaches, but no law-abiding trader would object to that.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 91, 17 April 1943, Page 6
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