PRICES OF NEWSPRINT
CONSIDERABLE INCREASE LONDON, Mar. 22. (Received Mar. 22, at 10 p.m.) The prices of newsprint will be increased 90s per ton from April, a further increase of 70s in July making the price then £25, compared with £ll 5s at the outbreak of war. This means that newspapers generally will raise the advertisement rates Some advocate an all-round increase of 10 per cent., while another suggestion is to raise the price of penny papers to three halfpence.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24254, 23 March 1940, Page 11
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80PRICES OF NEWSPRINT Otago Daily Times, Issue 24254, 23 March 1940, Page 11
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