The arrival shortly pf $5,000,000 worth of goods, ordered by the Price Stabilization Committee of the Ministry of Economic Affairs is expected to cause a drop in the prices of commodities here, The goods are said to have been ordered from Shanghai and Hongkong. Distribution will take place, it is thought, at the end of this month.
The Committee is also reported to be placing $1,500,000 worth of coal at the disposal of the Fuel Control Board, to meet the present shortage of coal here, Several thousand tons of coal are expected to arrive by the middle of this month.—Reuter.
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