COST OF TEA
INCREASE INEVITABLE SAYS OF CHEAP PLANTATION LABOUR OVER CANBERRA, April 28., The ' future landed cost of _ tea in Australia, even when supplies are plentiful, will probably be 4s a lb. This is well in excess of the present retail price, which has been kept down by a Commonwealth subsidy. Reports by Government representatives in India and the Netherlands East .Indies state that the day of cheap labour in these countries is over, and that tea-picking costs will add greatly to the price. No suggestion has yet been made that the Commonwealth subsidy should be abolished, though the. Government policy has been against the continuation of subsidies. Political observers predict strong opposition in Cabinet when the subject is brought up.
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Evening Star, Issue 26087, 29 April 1947, Page 5
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122COST OF TEA Evening Star, Issue 26087, 29 April 1947, Page 5
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