FOOD PRICES FALL IN GERMANY.
SINCE RAISING OF BLOCKADE.
/Elec, Tel. Copyright— united Press Assn.) t , (Australian ahfl N.Z. Cable Association.) j, (Received August 12, 11.35 a.m.) .■'-• PARIS, 1 Aug. 11. ■ I^, ( is officially stated that since., the: -raising of the blockade prices of fpbd m, Germany have .'. fallen '50 per cent. Meat is, now 4s 6d per Hx, butter 18s, pota-^ "toes lid.
Thft British authorities, at Cologne 1 liaye 'issued a pi'pclamatiori that the Allies afe entitled tg. bienefit . m. all preferential- tariffs /which Germany , has. grant.cd foreign Powers ' since .Augusfc, 1914.. The proclamation refuses to * recognise "demand that duties; stall be paid m gold or paper' currency at rediicedj rates ;of exchange. ':
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14985, 12 August 1919, Page 5
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