Panic Buying Reported in Feilding

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 292, 9 December 1941, Page 8

Panic Buying Reported in Feilding

IN CONSEQUENCE OF WAR DEVELOPMENT Yesterday’s sensational news regarding Japan’s attack on United States naval bases in the Pacific created no little consternation in Feilding and was the cause of some “panic” buying on the part of a section of the commuuiey. Local stores had inquiries from some households for quantities of stores well in excess of normal requirements and instances were reported of a demand for large quantities of tea. Such action is to be deprecated since it reveals a selfish attitude altogether at variance with that spirit of complete unity the crisis now upon the country demands. The public should above all things remain calm and avoid altogether any precipitate action in the nature of

‘‘panic” buying because of its repercussions. This is not the time to place any undue strain upon the country’s internal economy by pressing for extra stores and to exhaust local supplies. Provision merchants generally have discouraged such buying and it was learned yesterday that excessive demands were declined in some instances.