CUTTING PRICES
TOBACCONISTS HIT CAMPAIGN AGAINST FANCY GOODS DEALERS [Per United Pkbss Association.! AUCKLAND, February 9. Auckland tobacconists are preparing for a campaign against fancy goods dealers, who are cutting the price of tobacco and cigarettes. “ The effect of the cutting is being felt, and some tobacconists are going out of business,” iSaid the delegate of the Auckland Tobacconists’ Association, Mr T. Sampson. The complaint was not that smoking material was being sold more cheaply outside legitimate trade, but that it was handled at cost, merely as a decoj r . Local tobacconists had experienced monthly decreases in their sales for nearly eighteen months. Several efforts to stabilise prices had been made, and a conference of tobacconists would be held at Wellington nest month.
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Evening Star, Issue 19786, 9 February 1928, Page 6
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123CUTTING PRICES Evening Star, Issue 19786, 9 February 1928, Page 6
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