Tea To Be More Cosily
'Roc. 1 p.m. 1 CANBERRA. This Day. The Prices Commissioner (Mi' McCarthy) announced an increase of (>J n 11.' in the wholesale price of tea. Although Mr McCarthy did not ai: • nour.ro the new retail price merchant;! said they expected it to be 2'9 a lb. The present retail price is 2.3. The new wholesale price operate.. Iron: lodav. but retailers must not increase prices unl.il Mr McCarthy announces the new retail price. PETROL RATIONING The Prime Minister (Mr Chilley) announced that petrol rationing in Australia would continue indefinitely He said the decision followed consultation with, tlie British Government and n complete review of the position. Even at the present ration scale. British countries would have to draw on dollar resources more heavily this year than last.
Mr Chilley said that sterling countries were spending dollars much above their dollar income.
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Northern Advocate, 1 March 1947, Page 6
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