THE BOTTLE "CORNER."
By Telegraph—Press Association
DUNEDIN, October 6. The corner in bottles is causing quite a flutter locally. Up to the present Messrs Thompson and Co. have bought about 2,000 dozen bottles at 2s 6d per dozen. Mr Keast, of Messrs Povvley and Keast, bottlers, says that if the fight continues the price of beer and stout must go up to Is, perhaps Is 6d. It is contended that under the old agreement of paying Is per dozen for bottles, all importing was left to three firms, whn were put to the expense of from Is 6d to Is 8d per dozen, while other firms were securing bottles at Is per dozen. From all accounts the consumption of English ale is not so great as forme-ly, this being assigned as one cause of shortage of bottles.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8550, 8 October 1907, Page 5
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137THE BOTTLE "CORNER." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8550, 8 October 1907, Page 5
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