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SHARP RISE IN ENGLAND GOVERNMENT BLAMED (Reed. Oct 30, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 28. Newspapers face a sharp increase in costs as a result of a rise in the cost of newsprint by £4 15s to £l7 a ton. The Financial News says that the rationing of pulp supplies would have prevented an increase, and adds that responsible people in the industry regard the position as entirely due to the failure of the Government to handle the matter intelligently. There is an abundance of pulp awaiting shipment, but a shortage of shipping. The proper method of dealing with supplies meanwhile would be to ration the pulp available, but the Ministry of Supply had not attempted to do so. The pre-war price of newsprint was £ll ss.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20081, 30 October 1939, Page 6
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129PRICE OF NEWSPRINT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20081, 30 October 1939, Page 6
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