CONSUMERS NOW CONTROLLING
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Leagues qf consumers Are actively controlling pi-ices m each district and visit the market and shops, compare prices with those m the central markets, and warn shopkeepers that 'jf overcharging is useless to reduce prices they will report to the police. The, prices of food sometimes fall 40 per cent. Demobilised soldiers are also a co-operative buying association for food, clothing and household .requirements. ]
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14985, 12 August 1919, Page 5
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88CONSUMERS NOW CONTROLLING Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14985, 12 August 1919, Page 5
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