From the NS archive: The empty grate
3 November 1951: Certain merchants are stockpiling logs in the hope that prices will rise to even more fantastic heights.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
3 November 1951: Certain merchants are stockpiling logs in the hope that prices will rise to even more fantastic heights.
By Helen Gosse