THE FALL OF PRICES.
TARDY RETAIL DECLINE.
DEBATE BY TRADES UNIONS. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Sept. 6.
The Trades Uni< n Concress debated the rout of living to-day. Mr. J. H. Thomas, 11.P., pointed out that there had been a tremendous drop in the wh ile.sala prices, but owing t-> scandalous profiteering betwi'cn wholesaler and consumer the latter did not ben'-tit. The cost-of-living figures ir,sued bv the Ministry for Labour were not. reliable, though 3.000,000 workers had t.h.-ir wages controlled by them.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17881, 8 September 1921, Page 5
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82THE FALL OF PRICES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17881, 8 September 1921, Page 5
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