GROCERS FED UP WITH RATIONING
AUCKLAND, May 3: Consisting of 1600 cartQhs, the Auckland share of the shipment of tinned herrings tliat arrived i'n New Zealand from Britain recently, is,, in the- opinion of grocers, too small to. be liandjled without causing a gyeat de.al of work and unpleasam.tne.ss. Each grocer in the Auckland Province has been allotted one and a quarter cant.ons. givitag hfm, 69 (ins to distrihute amnng his e-mstomers. Retailers f'eel tlrat a ratrohimg of the ■ supply, which wifl • be the only possiible metliod of distribntion,; wiR Cause trouble an,d that they will be aecused. of favouritism by the '-cfistbm.ers who do not get a tim >, "Tlie grocers are fed up with shortages and ration, ing gnd som.e of' them; will possi'bly refnse- to handle the hnrrings, i'f only to keep- these customei-s,"' said R. M. Bakef, secretary of theAuckland Provincial Master Grocers ' Association. "The publie- does. not seem to re.alise that the shortage of stock is worse than at .any time during, the war. The he-rrings, packed] in 14oz. tin3, would retail at 2s 2d in the city and 2s 3d in the countryi."' Mr. Bakei" added that fui-ther suppl'ies would probably a.rrive in the future.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 May 1946, Page 5
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