WOMEN’S STRONG PROTEST
FOOD PRICES AND “DUMPING” (P.A.) Wellington, Feb. 17. More than 200 women met in the city of Lower Hutt to-day to express their opinions on the high prices of essential foods. They spoke forcibly about prices and. dumping, and one resolution requested that in the event of any glut of commodities immediate steps be taken to dispose of the surplus to various institutions, and that i» be a penal offence to waste or destroy edible commodities fit for human consumption. There was strong agreement for a proposal that women should be given representation in the direction of the Internal Marketing organisation. One resolution asked that suitable women be appointed to all boards regulating prices and supplies of foodstuffs, household commodities and clothing. The meeting urged the Prime Minister and the Minister of Marketing to reduce the expensive gap between nroducer and consumer “by eliminating the present duplication of the Internal Marketing Department and wholesale auctioneering firms.” It also demanded improved methods of the collection and distribution of food, thus assisting to eliminate waste and shortage of supplies.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 40, 18 February 1943, Page 4
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