COST OF LIVING.
NO NEED FOR FOOD CONTROLLER (FBOM Odß PmTAMRNTORV BSP'OiT*"" ' WELLINGTON, Oct. 23. The repotl of the (tost of Living Cominitloe must rente down again within the next fe\i days, but it is unlikely there will be another lengthy debate, and event more unlikely, according to lobby upiniuip that the Government will accept the committee's rccommemlul ions to any law extent. 'I lie l Ministers insist that there is no need for at Food (.‘outroller in New Zealand, since food supplies ai’o not short, and prices, in coinourisnn with othei countries affected by the war. tire low. The Government is likely to make some effort to bring' down the price of meat to the consumer, and it will lix a price for butler when tile sale lo (lie Imperial authorities bus been completed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10116, 25 October 1917, Page 2
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135COST OF LIVING. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10116, 25 October 1917, Page 2
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