PRICE MOVEMENTS.
GOVERNMENT KEEPING STRICT WATCH. CHECK ON EXPLOITATION PROMISED. STATEMENT BY MINISTER. WELLINGTON, May 25. Careful attention is being given by the Government to price movements for all commodities throughout the Dominion. Moreover, it intends to take action if necessary to maintain them at what it considers a reasonable level. This was indicated by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, when he stated that any tendency to exploit wage-earners by unduly high prices would be checked. “Officers of the Department all over the Dominion are keeping in touch with the situation through trade organisations,” said the Minister, “and in cases where increases are noticed business people are being asked to justify their action. There have been definite instances of people anticipating wage increases by higher prices, but we will not stand for that.”—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 26 May 1936, Page 4
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