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Prison for Profiteers
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The
Minister or Customs (Senator Keane)
said to-day that examples would be
made of persons who tried to grow
rich at the expense of the community
in war .time. New legislation being
drafted would provide minimum penal
ties- and imprisonment in some cases,
without the option of a fine. Gaol
terms for profiteers were provided in
the present regulations, tut were not
imposed.
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