CORONATION SEATS
SHOCK FOR PROFITEERS
LONDON, i£fc.pt. 23
According to the Daily Herald, the Office of Works is preparing a shock for Coronation profiteers by providing between 40,000 and 00,000 seats, many of which will be in the best positions, at a maximum cost of about £2 2s, but mostly cheaper. "Exploitation of the lustmc occasion is resented in the highest official quarters," says the Daily Herald; "and therefore more seats tian■ usual will be provided by the Go T ornmbnt. Aji official said that he had received an offer of £IOO for two seas from a wealthy Canadian. People offering enormous prices will only force up the market and keep thousaids away. There will be a general reduction long before the Coronation if jropl© refuse fo pay fantastic charges''
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 2 October 1936, Page 10
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130CORONATION SEATS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 2 October 1936, Page 10
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