FOOD HOARDERS
WRSTUK TIOXS LMPOSFiJ) i'icc the outbreii k of war people th: oiiglmut the country have been < udoavouriiig to stock tip in tood supplies. Fortunately the demand- has been confined to a relatively small j, report ion of the population, in common with other districts Opotiki shopkeepers have noticed desire to order ‘lityond normal requirements. in Gisla.rne panicky members of the public have endeavoured to secure heavy stt.ek of foodstuffs. The retailers in that town have been overwhelmed with demands for stores. • representing in some cases six times the average consumption ; while linns dealing on a wholesale basis likewise have received orders tor foodstuffs in quantities which, it delivered, would clean out / the current stocks in a few hours.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 233, 13 September 1939, Page 3
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120FOOD HOARDERS Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 233, 13 September 1939, Page 3
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