IS IT PROFITEERING?
THE PRICE OF COAT,, When the,question of increasing the price of gas was before (he Council, last night, the Mayor said that Westport coal was now costing £2 (is !M per ton in the gas works . yard. _ A Cr. Me Murray said that a few years ago (his coal could be landed in Foxton for 2J's per (on. It was really only the waste eoal, and lie considered (he price now charged was scandalous. The a (tent ion of the member for the district should he drawn to this matter. Cr. Bryant: Send the particulars to the Board of Trade.
It was decided, on (he motion of Crs. Me Murray and Rand, that in reference to the price of ‘slack eoal, (he attention of the'member for the district, Air W. 11. Field, he drawn to the- cost of same,.which at present is £2 (is !>d per ton landed the gasworks yard.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2041, 14 October 1919, Page 2
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154IS IT PROFITEERING? Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2041, 14 October 1919, Page 2
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