RISING COST OF LIVING
NO EXPLOITATION FOUND IN AUSTRALIA. liy Telegraph—ties* As.--, ciation—Copyrlifn . MELBOURNE, October 13. Mr W. M. Hughes, the Federal Prime Minister, replying to Opposition charges that the Government had caused the increased cost of living, stated that the investigation of the Inter-State Commissions had revealed no exploitation. The prices of bread as fixed and of meat were not controlled by any combine or profiteers either m the supply of stock or amongst tho wholesalers or retailers.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9791, 15 October 1917, Page 5
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79RISING COST OF LIVING New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9791, 15 October 1917, Page 5
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