An instance of the big increase in the price of furniture was given by one of the employers' assessors at last week's sitting of the Conciliation Council, at Christchurch, This gentleman stated that in 19U Chinese seagrass for wickerwork furniture could be landed in Christchurch for £lO per ton, whereas it now cost £96. A sengraos chair, which formerly coßt £'2 as, liad now to bring upwards of £4 in order to meet the increased cost of production. The production of the raw material was a Chinese monopoly, and the speaker stated that the price was not likely to drop, owing to the manufacture of "seagrass mats, large numbers of which have mm. ~>x
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1920, Page 5
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114Page 5 Advertisements Column 7 Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1920, Page 5
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