COST OF LIVING
The Cost of Living Bill was introduced in the House of Representatives this afternoon It provides for the setting up of a Board of Trade, consisting of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, and two other members appointed by the Government. Its duties are to investigate any alleged infringement of the Commercial Trusts Act and the cost of living generally, and any complaint, that the price of any goods is unreasonably high. The schedule of the Commercial Trusts Act is amended to cover any article of food for human consumption, and ingredients used in the manufacture of any such article. It empowers the Government to 'authorise the establishment by borough councils of milk stations for. distributing milk supplies, and also to establish bakeries and brick-making works.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 83, 6 October 1915, Page 8
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129COST OF LIVING Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 83, 6 October 1915, Page 8
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