COMPLAINT FROM PAHIATUA.
:Sir,—lt is:reported m our local paper that on; Saturday one Pahiatua finn jumped the price 1 ' of kerosene , up from lis. to 14s. 3d. a case, 'on "stock that , cost about Bs. 4d. in Wellington, , and which, it is stated,. had not been subjected to any increase to . the seller.", is this a> fair thing? Is 40iis iiatriotism? Good- ~ ness-only knows, wo 1 ; areexploited .enough ; 'now./ This is a; very'dear placs ;' to live in, .without''being' taken, down ■ 'any more. Does Mr. Massey or -' Six - Joseph Ward really intend to seriously deal .with these matters? There are hundreds like'myself crying out for re-, lief from exploiters.; I am a poor man, ; with a family, ; economising wherever . possible, struggling to make ends.meek Think ,of tho relatives of those fightihu . for us. being shamelessly treated by these extortionate charges!—l am, etc., ' ■ •' •' ; POOR MAN. ' Paliiatua, August *30, 1915...
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2556, 2 September 1915, Page 6
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147COMPLAINT FROM PAHIATUA. Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2556, 2 September 1915, Page 6
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