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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 September 1943, Page 2

MORE LIES NAILED! ♦ — ; — Honest criticism is one thing. Misrepresentation is both unsporting and unfair to electors. Here is the truth regarding Nationalist candidates’ charges that the price of certain foods has increased since the war. These are the FACTS that every housewife can check for herself at her grocer’s store. THE PRICE OF BREAD. Nationalist candidates said that “the full loaf was 2 ounces less than that of pre-war days.” The answer is that the full loaf weighed two pounds in prewar days, and that is its weight today. For those who prefer it, there is a “split” loaf available at the weight of 11b. 12 ounces —BUT THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON SALE. Far from there being a “wartime increase in cost of 18£%” since the Labour Government stabilised bread prices in 1936, the two pound loaf has been, and still is, 5Jd. Far from there being any attempt at deception of the public, the Regulations state that every bread-seller must display the classes, shapes and weights of the bread sold! THE PRICE OF FLOUR. A Nationalist candidate alleged that a 6.51 b. bag of flour had increased by 17|% between 1938 and 1943. In actual fact, flour is not sold today in 6.11 b. bags, nor has the price of flour increased. Flour was sold at 51bs. for 1/- in 1938, and it still is today. Ask your grocer! THE PRICE OF SUGAR. A Nationalist candidate alleged that a 61b. bag of sugar in 1938 was 1/9, and that today it is 2/3. Sugar was 2/- for 61b. in 1938, and is 61b. for 2/- today. Ask your grocer! THE PRICE OF BUTTER. A Nationalist candidate says that butter has increased in price by 8% since 1938. Every housewife knows, without asking anyone, that butter was 1/6 per lb. then and is 1/6 per lb. today. What voter can respect the pledges of a party which bases its case on misrepresentation. Vote Labour Again.—Advt.

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