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CHRISTCHURCH MILK RETAILERS (By Telegraph—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, lfith April. The milk retailers of Christchurch decided at a meeting to-day to support a scheme for the stabilisation of milk prices similar to that in operation at Auckland under the terms of the Auckland Metropolitan Milk Act. 1933. Under this Act the prices paid by retailers to venders and the prices to be charged by venders to consumers are fixed by an authority representative of the local bodies, including the City Council, retailers, and producers. Representatives of the retailers were appointed to a joint committee with producers to prepare the terms of the proposal for a Bill to be placed before Parliament when the session opens in June.
It was stated at the meeting that the main object was to come to an agreement by which producers and retailers could secure a fair price for the product and service. There had been serious price-cutting, chiefly by shops which sometimes sold at cost price in order to induce customers in the hope that trade would he extended to other stock.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 19 April 1934, Page 4
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179STABILISATION SCHEME Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 19 April 1934, Page 4
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