CHEWING GUM STOCKS
ALMOST EXHAUSTED IN WELLINGTON. IMPORTATIONS RESTRICTED. [ Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Feb. 27. Wholesalers stocks of chewing gum in Wellington are almost exhausted and no new shipments will be allowed in until June or July. Some retail shops are already without chewing gum and have been unable to buy further quantities. It is expected by June that chewing gum will be practically unobtainable. Importations of chewing gum have been restricted to 30 per cent, of normal quantities and some wholesale companies have been rationing supplies to shops so that small quantities will be available for a short time. Most of the gum sold in New Zealand is imported from Australia. There has been a steady increase in the chewing gum habit in New Zealand during the past four years, the amount imported having been increased by about 100 per cent.
Figures for the past four years are: 1935, 243,5741 b. (£34,062); 1936, 366,595 (£35,572); 1937, 463,9151 b. (£57,461); 1938, 501,1601 b. (£66.904).
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 49, 28 February 1939, Page 11
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164CHEWING GUM STOCKS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 49, 28 February 1939, Page 11
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