PUTTING THE SCREW ON PROFITEERS
STIFF PUNISHMENTS FOR OFFENDERS. London, January 21. Mr. J. R. Clynes, Parliamentary Secretary to tho Food Ministry, in a speech at Manchester, said that the magistrates were too lenient with the profiteers. Tho Food Ministry was about to introduce a Bill providing that offenders, in addition to being liable to fines and imprisonment, should repay double the amount of the excess charged by them over the fixed prices.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 102, 23 January 1918, Page 5
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75PUTTING THE SCREW ON PROFITEERS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 102, 23 January 1918, Page 5
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