THE PINCH OF PRICES.
NOT FELT DOWN SOUTH. (By Telegraph—Special Correspondent.) Christchurch, May 7. ' With a view to ascertaining local opinion on the rise of prices in groceries, as predicted in yesterday's telegram from Auckland, a representative of the "Press" spoke to a number of wholesale merchants and retailers to-day. The consensus of views nas on tho whole against the idea of any such rise. Of course, as was pointed out by one of those interviewed, there has been for years (and must continue to be) a steady upward tendency in the price of goods. They accompany the rises in wages, but no special vise, need be anticipated—at any rate in Christchurch. The manager of one firm expressed the opinion that the expected rise in prices ill the North Island was no doubt caused by the high demands of the warehousemen's unions. Such unions do not exist here. Tho keen competition in the trade kept prices as low as could be expected, and lie did not anticipate any general rise.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1434, 8 May 1912, Page 6
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170THE PINCH OF PRICES. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1434, 8 May 1912, Page 6
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