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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 09, 1946
Page
2
Public notice from the Commissioner for Supply states that from January 20 1946 the price to retailers shall not exceed ten cents per pound for cabbage and twelve and a half cents per pound for retail charge, while potatoes may not exceed five and one half cents per pound. J McIntyre Acting Secretary for Supply January 19 1946.
Published by Authority under Regulation 2 of the Defence Price of Goods Regulations 1941 the following Order has been made by me Dated at St John s this 17th day January A D 1946 J S Neill Commissioner for Supply
The order defines sold at retail and retailer, sets cabbage price caps at ten cents per pound for cash or credit to retailers, and twelve and a half cents per pound for retail sales. It revokes the 1945 Order No 64 while preserving penalties under the Defence Regulations. Effective midnight January 19 1946, cited as Food Current Prices Order No 75 1946.
Published by Authority the Defence Price of Goods Regulations 1941 announces an order made by JS Neill dated 17 January 1946 at St Jon's. The notice records the authority under which the order was issued and the date of signing.
The document revokes the Food (Current Prices) Order (No. 69) 1945 effective midnight January 19, 1946. It fixes retail potato prices at five and a half cents per pound in Newfoundland and notes penalties from prior orders remain. The order may be cited as the Food (Current Prices) Order (No. 74) 1946.
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