1/7 TOO HIGH
WARNING BY MINISTER [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, December 1. A published report that some grocers were intending to charge Is 7d per lb for butter oyer the counter was brought under the notice of the Minister, of Marketing (Mr Nash), who decribed this price as altogether too high and unfair when compared with the rise in wholesale rates. Mr Nash pointed out that the Government had power to fix the price to the consumer as well as the wholesale price, but he'added that up to the moment it had not contemplated any action.
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Evening Star, Issue 23130, 2 December 1938, Page 6
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971/7 TOO HIGH Evening Star, Issue 23130, 2 December 1938, Page 6
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