PROFITEERING CHARGES
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,By .ToloEranh— 3?tosj .Association.
iChrjstchuc.ch, March ,20. Several minor eases were dealt with by: the Prices livyestigation Tribunal in .Christchurch this >,week. (A. complaint regarding .the pcice.pf joiners' i.tocrli}, upon investigiation, was -considered to 'be unfolded. ,A of -.alleged .over-charge :)>y.oa .Customs iagent was iheld to be disproved, the charge made being- the usual i«nP'J?y Cuetams'.ngeirts for theisorviees rendered.
•Evidence-was'taken on an .-.alleged p.vercharge on coal and on pastrycook's-'small-goods. -.The 'Tribunal received a, complaint with -reference -to :the -price .<Mke,fl for on -account:of property,'-.whitih )lms been referred to Wellington-for'instruc-tions.
The North Canterbury-Goal Meroliants' rand Dealers' Association 'h'as •arranged to •meet the Tribunal -.ty-morrow ; to■ give <evi.dence >regardiiis the cost of handling and delivering -coiil to the consumer :in justiftcation <of their requMt to increase the margin allowed .for' .working .expenses '.b/ : the :13.oard of 'Trade.
Other complaints before the Tribunal mro.of .a .more. : serions .nature, >Imt. nothing /at present -is available;for publication, lis "further investigations ,-(vre' ponding..
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 155, 26 March 1920, Page 6
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162PROFITEERING CHARGES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 155, 26 March 1920, Page 6
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