TEA UP TO 4/- PER POUND.
“Is the Prime Minister aware,’! asked Mr W.'H. 'Field (Otaki), on Tuesday, “that tea is likely to increase in the near future to something like 4s all round? Is there any justification, for such a rise, and will the Prime Minister urge the Board of Trade, to take vigorously in hand the work of keeping down the increasing cost of living?” Mr Massey stated that he had heard that there was a serious shortage in the tea crop. He would ask the Board ..of- Trade to inquire into the rumour. There may be nothing in the rumour, but it is certain that, if State Control of the Liquor Traffic is carried something will need to be heavily taxed to meet the £15,000,000 necessary to purchase the Trade, and tea, sugar and tobacco are likely commodities. By striking out the t wo top lines you most surely help to keep- down the cost of living.*
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2046, 25 October 1919, Page 3
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160TEA UP TO 4/- PER POUND. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2046, 25 October 1919, Page 3
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