HIGHER PRICES
GOVERNMENT VIGILANT [ Per Press Association } 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 when he stated that any tendency to exploit the 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 the trade organisations,” said the Minister, “and in cases where increases are noticed business people are being asked to justify their action. There have ben definite’instances of people anticipating the wage increases by higher prices, but we will not stand for that.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 123, 26 May 1936, Page 8
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130HIGHER PRICES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 123, 26 May 1936, Page 8
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