Wellington, is now obtaining cheaper moat. Owing to increased com petition prices have fallen Id per lb. Tins is the position,” explained one oftlio city’s leading master butchers. Online; the past six or eight months some shops have been started m Wellington, and they have been selling for cash only —no book debts, no delivery. The people pay across the block, and carry away their parcels. Thus they can undersell, by Id per lb, the butcher who has to give delivery, keep books, and take the risk of bad debts. Hus cash business has gradually becomo more extensive in. Wellington, and consequently the other butchers have decided to bring their prices on to a par with the riva'l quotations, on the saino terras—no booking and no delivery. Those who do not care to pay cash and carry their own parcels must pay no old rates.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2517, 2 June 1909, Page 2
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