POTATO PRICE ORDERS

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23699, 25 July 1942, Page 4

POTATO PRICE ORDERS

■ . | |l : widespread breaches! REPORTED ' S ;" / i , . - PROSECUTIONS TO SIS SM&M (PA) WELLINGTON, July 24. | The Price TfibuMi fitiiiotaced toff day that repTfesentatlons hal btedl. made to it by the Advftflry^; Committee which showed that a very,; serious position had arisen in . potato industry through breaches of provisions oi price order*,# Nos. 02 and 94, which ft*, 4h« prices to the grower and the mM|h% permitted to other patties cracerned. Because of the position of the potata. t traflfe at present, it was essential thaL,. the terms Of the price .orders m flUesjl tion should be Strictly Obeyed bjfj everyone concerned, it was stated. Prosecutions were being Institute# against retailers who had sold pota*; toes to consumers at prices higher thifij those permitted by the price orders,; and every endeavour would be madß, . to bring to book persons further back: in the chain, namely, growers, dis* tributors, or merchant?, who were also' breaking provisions of the orders. ..: The tribunal emphasised that i* Was determined to see that the pro*, visions of the price Orders governing potatoes were observed lust ai strictly as those governing other com*; moditles, and if cases were discovered where serious breaches had been committed the tribunal Would prea for maximum penalties. j --