FREE WHEAT MARKET.
j I i j A MAXI,--E.?S VIEWS. MEANS A DEARER LOAF. I ! ißy Telegraph.—Preps Association.) ; CHRISTCHURCH, this day. j If as the result of the Wheatgrowers' j i Conference, the Government reverts to a j | free market, there is a possibility lof the price of flour being in- | I creased by £_ 10/ per ton. with a j j consequent rise also of a penny per loaf , in bread. | Mr. Corson, chairman of directors of j Distributors. Ltd.. last night said the | maximum price for flour had. not been | fixed, but millers had agreed with the j Government to sell at £18 a ton if the prices offered for wheat were maintained. | If farmers are going to get, say, 7/3 a bushel for wheat, that will mean an increase of about £2 10/ in the price of j I flour, and aSpenny will be added to the [ I price of the 41b loaf. !
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1926, Page 6
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155FREE WHEAT MARKET. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1926, Page 6
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