PRICE OF BUTTER.
2s lOd A POTMD BEING OffMIQED, m POWER TO SKJP |s f (By Wire.—Parliamentary Importer). Wellington, La»t Jfight. The price of butter was mentioned again in the House of Representative! to-day. Members stated that tke people of Wellington and other eenttea were being charged 2s lOd per pblimf for new butter. Could not the Qpvernjmant keep down the price pending the. report of the Butter Committee? . . . ... The Hon. E. P. Lee: It ie not the function of the Board of Trede to, Ask people to sell goods at a lose. I Have conferred with the Prime Minister, on that point. What we do is to see that goods are sold at a fair profit. Mr. Massey said it was not possible for the Government to interfere during the next few days, until the, Butter Committee made its report.. The Government could decide what ira»: t«- b« done about the price of butter wjen tat report had been received..; ':.■{.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1920, Page 4
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161PRICE OF BUTTER. Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1920, Page 4
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