SALE OF TOBACCO

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18399, 17 May 1934, Page 11

SALE OF TOBACCO

NO PRICE CUTTING AGREEMENT OPERATIVE (Por Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. Cigarette and tobacco prices at cutrate stores have been increased to conform with the schedule of minimum re- ( tail prices which has been fixed by the : tobacco manufacturers and agents. _ Tlie ! increases range up to 2d per 2oz tin of tobacco. Stores whose prices are not j lower than those fixed in the schedule j, were not obliged to make any alteration'. ■ Conformity with the list of minimum f retail prices was effected in Wellington last month to deal with the’ extreme 1 price cutting there. This resulted' in'- a j suggestion that the plan should bo ex- ‘ tended throughout the' Dominion, and, ' with tho addition of further brands, this has now beeii'done. In addition to fixing the minimum re- 1 tail price, it is also decreed that- the i giving away by the retailer of matches, i cigarette papers (not already packed -in [ the tin by the manufacturers), cash ( coupons, or any other articles with cigar- j ettes and tobacco, will be regarded as ( equivalent to selling below the fixed , minimum prices. The practice of offer- ( ingi cigarettes for sale in combination with other articles, for example, offering . for sale as one parcel a packet of * cigarettes and lighter,' will also be re- 1 gavded as equivalent to selling below the 1 fixed minimum prices. . i ■ ■ - * The scheme involves cigarette and • tobacco lines made or handled by 20 ‘ manufacturers and agents operating hi 1 New Zealand.' • -p ! ..*• ;