THE PRICE OF COAL.
<s> .—„ ■ -*iO-'ipg. CHRISTCHURGH INCREASES. BOARD OF TRADE DECISION. RETAIL RATES TO BE RAISED. . TBT telegraph.—PESSS association] . CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday An increase in the retail p rices o{ '« classes of coal is shortly to be announce! The Board of Trade, through the Price* Investigation Tribunal, has considered a proposition from the Canterbury Coal Dealers and Merchants' Association that the dealers be allowed to increase prices apart from the recent wholesale rises in the direction of allowing them a greater margin for working expenses. t J.LI* understood that the tribunal, after taking evidence, has consented to a rl? tain increase. It has fixed what it Z* aiders a fair margin of profit for handling and delivery expenses. In consequence £ this decision the prices are to be increased within the next day or so. The rat* Co a acCOrdmg t0 the dlff erent classes To}
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17450, 21 April 1920, Page 6
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145THE PRICE OF COAL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17450, 21 April 1920, Page 6
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