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THE buying public, as well as small traders all over England, are impatiently | awaiting the Government's promised measures to stamp out the menace of the war profiteer.
It is demanded that the Gov-; that the price was 2. 11d. alb. The ernment should, without delay, proprietor came along and told th pillory and penalise swollen assistant that she was to charge 35
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"On remonstrating with him I was told that the price would soon be 3s. 11d,"
Bicycle manufacturers, writing In reply to the enarge that the add-
My postbag is again heavy with complaints of profiteering in uition of 12 per cent. to the price of classes of household goods.
A transport worker in Stepney, E. writes: "My wife has just returned from her weekly shopping expeditions Steak which was is. a 1b, Inst week-
A 100z, lam! end is to-day 1s. 8d. chop is quoted at 1s. 5d. Dripping salsa d. per quarter dearer.
From 9d. To 1/3 "Poor mothers who have to end things to evacuated children are also heing victimised. A pair of child's seeks, previously obtainable at 9d Pre to-day is. 3d."
From Murden, Kent, comes Unis complaint: "On September & I pur- chased four yards of nursery matc- rial at 1s. 1id, a yard-a total of 7s. Ud. Yesterday I went to the same shop. and was informed that the pekee was now 2s. 6d. a yard."
An Ealing render sought to pur chase .some floor-boarding. "Or August 21," he writes, "the price was 25s, per square, Last Sultry It had risen at one yard to 323. 80, and at another to 39s. Gd."
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It is unavoidable that this increase) in cast must be reflected as time goes on in some rise in the prices of radio sets and components, but it is the pulley of the industry that such price increases as do occur sinti be limited to meeting the extra charges upon the industry.
At the Government request, the Federation of British Industries has! told its members that, at the present juncture, it is of the utmost import- ance tnt the prices of articles of common use should be kept as stable as possible.
Charges of profiteering are to be investigated by the Retail Trading Standards' Association.
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LATE NEWS
TOKYO, June 5 (Reuter)-Radio-
photos of the German air raid on Paris on Monday afternoon were published in Tokyo yesterday. They were flushed to the Japanese capital via America.
CHUNGKING, June 5 (Reuler).--- Beginning yesterday, Chinese Gov- ernment offices are observing sum- mer hours. Due to air raids around noon the banks have changed their offee. hours from 3 to pan. and arc not opening for business before noun:|
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SHANGHAI, June 5 (Reuter).---
Simmons, Major General F. Keith Commander of British Forces In Shanghai area, was injured playing polo yesterday. Pony fell under him and he suffered severe fracture of leg, Stated he will continue his command from hospital.
Allied Gold Sent
To Safety
NEW YORK, June 5 (Reuter).——| One of the greatest mass movements of gold in history is now proceeding with the transport across the Atlantic of the reserves of Britain and France, togelber with those of the Nother- lands and Belgium, to the United States. A total of £71,250,000 was delivered to the New York Federal Reserve Bank on Monday, bringing the deliveries in two days to £125,- 000,000.
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PARIS, June 5 (Router) —Mitary and naval authorities, describing the
Dunkirk evacuation as without pre- cedent in military history, sảy that even until three days ago it was though that it would be impossible to evacusto more than 100,000 mcă. -whereas-inally over thrice- ihat-nurga-
ber were taken to England.
During the last critical hours the Allied aircraft gained complete mas- tery in the air over the Dunkirk rez- fon, enabling the gallant rearguard to be embarked almost without dif- ilcully.
Italian Press Says War Inevitable
ROME, June 6 (Reuter)~The fact that the communique issued after yesterday's Italian cabinet meeting made no reference to war does not necessarily mean that the decision has been postponed.
It is pointed out that Mussolint in under no obligation to call the Cubinet to approve or announce his decision.
It is reported that Mussolint will address the nation from the balcony of the Palazzo Vonezia on Thursday evening, and the testing of loud- spenkers in the principal squares in now proceeding.
The Press features a mass of tele- grams from Germany, expressing gratitude for the eficient help of Italy's non-belligerence.
The inevitability of wor, is preached daily. In the Italian, Press,
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