TOBACCO PRICES TO BE RAISED.
WELLINGTON RETAILERS MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, August 6. With some exceptions, for plug tobacco, all brands' of pipe tobacco in Wellington will be increased in price as from to-morrow. The president of the Wellington Tobacconists’ Association, in making the announcement, said that manufacturers had passed on Is 6d to Is 7d, which covered additional costs and discount to retailers.
The increased price is 2d per tin, or two-ounce plug. In some instances the price of plug will not be passed on, the retailers carrying it. Loose tobacco 'will be advanced one penny to twopence. New Zealand tobaccos go up twopence and one penny a tin.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 185, 6 August 1931, Page 9
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112TOBACCO PRICES TO BE RAISED. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 185, 6 August 1931, Page 9
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