CHALLENGE TO SHOPKEEPERS.
HOUSEWIVES FORM A BUYING COMBINE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, March !(. At a meeting of housewives at Toynbeeball, Mr. Will Tliorne, Labor member for West 11am, s;iid the purchasing power of the sovereign since 1895 had been reduced to His 3d. A resolution was pa.-se'd to unite to obtain ii fixed maximum price for necessaries of life, and a minimum wajje for •■Yorkers. It is intended to appoint buying ageni-i for the Housewives' Union, and it is bdiicved that even the bravest shopkeepers will not dare_ to raise their prices when all their customers are organised. It is considered that the working women's interests will thus control the markets.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 214, 10 March 1914, Page 5
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113CHALLENGE TO SHOPKEEPERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 214, 10 March 1914, Page 5
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