CANADIAN CIGRETTES
—Press Associatior
DISTRIBUTION CRITICISED
By Telegraph-
AUCKLAND, April 17. " Tobaeconists throughout the Auek" land pravince have e'xflressed great dissatisfaction at" the grossly unfair distribution of the recently arrived C'an adian cigarettes, " said the secretary oi tlie Auckland Retail Tobaeconists' and Hairdressers ' Association (Mr, R. M. Carter) today. "While t'oliacconists and grocers received only .very limited allocatious, which permit them to give the publu: I only scanty supplies, certain deparl- ! rneutal stores ^apparently have been treated with siich generosity that they are able to sell to the public as mucii us two eartons per custoiner, and theu tuppiies se.em well nigli inexliaustible. ' - Air. Carter added that licences to im port tobacco and cigarettes were issued to importers on condition that supplies were distributed to retailers in .relation to existiug quotas, and this practice ha.i been adopted witlr recently distributed English cigarettes. It uppeared tlial therc had been , soiue bad bungling ro garding the distribution of these Can adian cigarettes which, call ed for an in quiry by thq Department of, 8upply.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 April 1946, Page 7
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172CANADIAN CIGRETTES Chronicle (Levin), 18 April 1946, Page 7
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