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SHARP INCREASE IN BRITAIN A SHORTAGE OF SHIPPING LONDON, Oct. 29. (Received Oct. 30, at 1.15 a.m.) Newspapers face a sharp increase in costs as a result of a rise in newsprint by 95s to £l7 a ton. The Financial News says rationing of pulp supplies would have prevented an increase. It adds that leaders in the industry regard the position as entirely due to the failure of the Government to handle the matter intelligently. There is an abundance of pulp awaiting shipment, but a shortage of shipping. The proper method of dealing with supplies meanwhile would be to ration the pulp available, but the Ministry of Supply has not attempted to do so. The pre-war price of newsprint was £ll 5s a ton.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23952, 30 October 1939, Page 8
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