MEAT PRICES REVIEW
Case Presented To . Tribunal
STATEMENT MADE IN HOUSE
“The position in regard to retail meat prices generally is tha master butchers throughout the Dominion have agreed to present bar ease for higher margins coveti g increased costs to the Price Irlbuna 1 through the New Zealnm Mas ter Butchers’ Association.' said the Munster of Supply. -Mr. Sullivan, replying to mi urgent question asked by Ml, (X, >" '»« tion submitted its ease to the Tribunal in writing on August, i, and by oinl evidence on August 28. Jhe Iribuual was at present examining the case which had been presented, but turthei trading accounts had yet to be submitted to the Tribunal, after which final consideration would be given to the matter. , , . Meanwhile the high prices being paid by butchers at auction sales were due to the competitive auction system which butchers were not willing to abandon.
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Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 289, 5 September 1945, Page 6
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147MEAT PRICES REVIEW Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 289, 5 September 1945, Page 6
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