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CONTROLLED TEA: WHERE I IS…

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CONTROLLED TEA: WHERE IS IT? I Where is the Government tea? Is I it in the country 1 If so, is it proper- ly distributed ? The complaint that "controlled tea" Cannot he obtained, is pretty general throughout the country. In order that tea. shall be available at reasonable prices the official ar- rangement is that 30 per cent. of the total imports from India and Cevlon shall be rctiled at 2s.4d. a pound, 35 per cent, from 28.8d. to 3s., and 25 per cent, fwm 3s. to 3s.4d., the re- ?uainmg 10 per cent being un'Ontron<d I in price. The prevaiMng grievance is that the tea—what there is of it-is more "'uncontrolled" than otherwise. Customers go from shop to shop, to be told with wearisome monotony tha.t there is no Government tea in stock, but only a little at the higher prices, which mean 4s. a pound and upwards. Frankly, they do not beKevo that in every instance the Government tea, which is nine times the bulk of the rest has been sold out, and that "free" tea only remains. Their letter of com- plaint point to a general feeling that some traders are holding part of the Government tea. and mixing it with 1rlih the uncontrolled 10 per cent., which can command fancy prices. It is asked: Is there efficient super- vision to ensure that the graded tea shall be sold at the fixed prices? Where does it being and end ? What iire tile penalties for infringement ? When does the new control rule of the Ministry cf Food, which ha.s begun making purchases abroad, come into operation ? -<———. —————

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