CONTROL OF PRODUCE.
REDUCTION IN MEAT PRICES. London, March 4. In the House of Commons Sir Donald McLetn said the commercial community was anxious to know when Government control of wheat, meat and tea would be released- Huge stocks of liieat remained in cold storage which were sold before the war at 6d per lb. and now at l7Jd. Mr. Roberts said that tho meat prices would shortly be substantially reduced. There were only 06,000 tons in storage Tea would be released from control on March 24. Ke defended the Government's keeping up prices. Tonnage was available to lift only one million tons from Australia, which was our cheapest source, to arrive in Europe in the present year.—Aus. and NZ. Cable Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1919, Page 2
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122CONTROL OF PRODUCE. Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1919, Page 2
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