"Th<3 butchering business in Wellington," Haiti S. Howati, junr., in ' his" statement to the Official Assignee, at the meeting of creditor?, at Wellington, yesterday, say 3 tho '"Post," "is mainly-in the hands of a few wealth companies. Their interests are so extensive that they are quite independent of the Wellington retail trade. These companies, being able to fix tho price of meat, have always refused to increase tho price proportionately to the increase in the price of stock, with the object of 'lfcHiahing out the smaller butchers are not capable of standing the .strain."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9090, 15 May 1908, Page 5
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94Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9090, 15 May 1908, Page 5
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