PIPE TOBACCOS.
INCREASED PRICE FROM TO-DAY, / PENNY AN OUNCE DEARER. Tho pricp of all P'P© tobaccos, cnt and plug, will bo increased from by Id an ounce, ° decision of the Price Committed ot tho Christchurch Tobacconists Association, reported to The Pre 63 las ove ing by tho president (Mr L. V. ria ".' This advance in price has been ma necessary by the higher tariff impose by tho Government. The increase in tariff (a flat increase of Is 4d a P° Ull £' plus a surtax of one-twentieth ° total duty) is Is Gd a pound on Zealand tobaccos and Is 7d a P 0 } 1 ", on imported tobaccos, cut and p u • By raising the price only "j an ounce, the tobacconists are , themselves paying tho surtax, . ing to 2d a pound on New /caland and 3d a pound on imported tobaccos. The price of all loose, cut (excluding cigarette tobaccos) wi increased by Id an two that of tins and plugs by 2d for ounces: , ~ The Association lasted out the new schedule of prices to its men *M, s + ~u e evening, and the increases tfill tane effect to-day.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20307, 5 August 1931, Page 8
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188PIPE TOBACCOS. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20307, 5 August 1931, Page 8
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