FOOTWEAR REPAIRS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 November 1940, Page 3

FOOTWEAR REPAIRS

MAXIMUM PRICES. FIXED BY TRIBUNAL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. The Price Tribunal has issued a price order setting out the maximum prices ■ which may be charged for various types of boot and shoe repair work, and this will enable unauthorised increases in the prices to be dealt with expeditiously. The prices stated in the order are maximum prices and in some cases are below the present prices ruling in certain districts. The order is issued so that the price of repairs throughout New Zealand may be stabilised at a figure which will allow the repairer a reasonable return for his labour and at the same time protect the public from exploitation. With the published authorised prices before them the public will know if an undue charge is being made, and it is hoped that should any overcharges be detected they will be brought to the notice of the Price Tribunal. Among the full range of prices listed are the following: — Men’s: Half soled and heeled, 9s. (sewn), Bs. (riveted); half-soled only. 7s. 6d. (sewn), 6s. 6d. (riveted); heeled or shaped rubbers, 2s. 9d.; full soles and heels (sewn), 13s. 6d. Women's: Half-soled and heeled. 7s. (sewn), 6s. (riveted): half-soled only. 6s.'(sewn). ss. (riveted): pumps soled and heeled. 9s. 6d.; pumps ruled only. Bs. 6d.: shoes heeled. Is. 6d.