THE COST OF LIVING.
(Bv EIEOTIUO TELEOTUPn —OOPTEIGHT.) (Pas Press Association.) MEI.HOURNE, Get. 16. The Ini- r-Siaie ('ommissionN• rejmvi on lint cause of the high prices of bread and neat in Victoria finds that a. lower price than 4s 9d-per bushel for whccit would not be fair to the producer under existing conditions. Fixing prices had killed out gambling. After enumerating ihe various causes lor the increase in tiie price of nieat, ii adds that tiie (,'omrnission Is satisliod that there is no exploitation of the public of A iotoria through the operation of rings, combines, ui- ihe manipulation of the market.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10109, 17 October 1917, Page 6
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102THE COST OF LIVING. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10109, 17 October 1917, Page 6
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