GROCERS PROTEST
NO ADVICE OF MARCH SUGAR RATIONING (P.A.) Auckland, March 1. Severe criticism of the sugar rationing arrangements for March were voiced this morning by Mr. R. M. Barker, secretary of the New Zealand Grocers’ Federation. He said the federation had repeatedly asked that the amount of the ration should be announced some days before the commencement of the month so that grocers could utilise the quieter days of the week for weighing up rationed goods ready for the next month’s trade. Mr. Barker has sent the following telegram to the Hon. D. G. Sullivan: “We view with considerable concern the Government’s failure to announce before this, the last working day in the month, the tea and sugar rations for March. It is manifestly most unfair to deny the grocers, all of whom are seriously understaffed, an opportunity of weighing up rationed goods ready for next week’s business.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 50, 2 March 1943, Page 4
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149GROCERS PROTEST Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 50, 2 March 1943, Page 4
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