PROFITEERING CHARGE
ARMY BOOT PRICES CANBERRA COMPLAINT ARBITRATION INTENDED (Reed. Nov. 29 ,2.15 run.) CANBERRA, Nov. 29. Ten bootmaking firms were named by the acting Minister of Supply, Sir Frederick Steward in the House of Representatives when he alleged that a “deliberate attempt at war profiteering” had been made in the prices “for army boots.”’
Sir Frederick Stewart announced that he intended to exercise the special powers under the national security regulations to obtain 100,000 pairs of boots at a price io be determined by arbitration.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 29 November 1939, Page 6
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86PROFITEERING CHARGE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 29 November 1939, Page 6
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