CONTROL OF TOBACCO TRADE.
A deputation consisting of Messrs. J. B. Speed (president of the Wellington and New Zealand Tobacconists' Associations), R. W. Armit (Wellington Association Executive), and H. F. Allen (secretary to both bodies) waited on the Chinese Consul, Mr. Hwang, this morning, and laid before him a copy of the proposed tariff of the association, with a view to arriving at an amicable understanding in regard to the control of the tobacco trade. The Consul listened to the deputation's views and discussed the matter with it. Mr. Hwang intimated that as far as lay in his power he would assist the' association. The Chinese traders had already held a meeting and discussed the matter, and they were quite in accord with the association. He would call another meeting of the traders, and lay the copy of the proposed tariff before them. Mr. Hwaag explained that in some districts in China there existed what was proposed by the deputation. Councils wece elected by the tradespeople, and these regulated the prices so that it was impossible for one trader to undersell another.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 15, 18 July 1910, Page 8
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182CONTROL OF TOBACCO TRADE. Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 15, 18 July 1910, Page 8
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