PRICES INVESTIGATION TRIBUNAL
WHY MB. ELLIS RESIGNED. By Telegrapii—Press Association. Christchurch, July 5. Mr. F. Ellis to-day stated that his reason for resigning from the Canterbury Prices Investigation Tribunal was that be thought he could serve no good purpose by remaining a member. Ho explained that the' decision of the Magistrate in the recent prosecutions had not influenced him in the slightest.. In fact, his resignation had been forwarded to Wellington on the Friday before the Magistrate gave his dceisiou. Had there been no delay in hearing these cases he would have resigned much earlier; Ho was convinced that the tribunal would find it difficult, if not impossible, to get at the real profiteers. "Only one attempt at price fixation was dealt with bv the local tribunal," he added, "namely, the overhead charts made by retail coal dealers; and this attempt more' than convinced mo of the fallacy of endeavouring to fix prices. The whole principle is wrong, and in my opinion the tribunal is merely being used as a means to hoodwink the general puWlo and prevent them from showing then! discontent with the present situation.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 241, 6 July 1920, Page 4
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