Higher Meat Charges At
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Rabaul
From Our Own Correspondent.
Rabaul, June 6.
FOR some six months Rabaul house wives have felt the benefit of com petition in the ranks of the butchers.
Now, however, there seems to have arisen what might be termed “a butchers’ agree ment,” for prices have been stabilised on a higher basis, much to the regret of the careful housewife.
There seems to be a tendency to charge excessive rates for fresh meat, considering that the refrigerated freight rate is 1d. per lb., and insurance works out at something like 1/16d. per lb., and there is no import duty. Truly this is an age of pacts, agreements, and co-or dination, save in the ranks of the pri mary producers and consumers. Rabaul should meet this new development with a Housewives’ Association.