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Food Prices in Britain (British Official Wireless.) (Received March 15 at 7 p.m.) RUGBY, March 14. A statement made by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade last week that the prices of foodstuffs in Great Britain were now lower than the average price during 1930 was confirmed in a statement made in the House of Commons by Major Elliot. He pointed out that the food wholesale prices in Britain have risen from 111. 8 points in February, 1931, to 114, 2 points in February, 1932. The retail index, he said, had on the other hand, fallen from 36 to 31, which showed not merely an absence of exploitation and profiteering, but that the difference between the wholesaler and retailer had narrowed during the period.
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Grey River Argus, 16 March 1932, Page 6
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