The Tea Auctions In London - This week's tea auction sales in progress at Plantation House, London. Dealers and brokers sit in the semi-circle and make their bids to the auctioneer - seen on left. Much discussion has been aroused and questions asked in Parliament regarding the continuing rise in the price of tea England's national drink. Tea is now ***** almost double in price since the end of the war, and further rises are expected. February 15, 1955. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Lim