THE COUPON SYSTEM.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13374, 16 March 1909, Page 8

THE COUPON SYSTEM.

ADOPTCD RY MASTER BAK^^| A meeting of the mnster bak«« hekl at the Employers' Associa^' rooms las*., night to di&cuss the *&»* tion of tho coupon system. Newsmanreporters woro admitted, but were V^"' qiK-stotl not to mention tho SMI<S . those present nor of the speakere. Thelwore twenty-six present. ,\ A d. scripiion of the system was »-«! a' by a linker truin outeitlo tiw> city J^'" statt\l that in Ins town the priced*- 7 briKul was Ad l)-r 21b loaf and" tiat " ' the coupons were eolu f or 3s 6d\2 : dozen. Tiie ma ption of tlw sj'sS . nrevonttd bad dobts «nd ivas aboT'. check on dishonest drivers. Tho syrt.Ai-' had been pmv,4 to bo tiuancialljccssful. and he cosild thoro,, g wt common.: its a<ioi)tion. Whilst he &A l - ijot expect that it would be adont«l i? its entiroty straight away in such scatu-rod distiict as Christcimrch ii'" In. t.houcht that in throe n»mhs U ' woula U" univ. -r-sal-iv iulopted In - swor to a «im-.stion he wrid that stoiS paiu l)i.t cti&h tar t!'..' J!b loaf. aTt pr,.liminnrv *tv|» I;.> urged tkat t l» • b^rs.'SSt?* ,845,,,,, " i A bnkvr who has reornth- rethnwdl from a tour of tl.o North that there w:is no doubt that tins pan system ««s working woll throuS* out the North Inland, except at StnS. fold. At most, places the price <s a » M for the 41b 10.-,f, ami it could no* 2, got at that prico unlws under tha coupon system. ™

After considerable, desultory discas. : siou it was dwulod by sixteen votes to fix:—"That the price of broad bo M pi>r lib loaf as from tho first of a ei month, the prico to be regulated *Z ' cording; to the sikiing scaled" The scale rf forrcS to U as follower ' : When flour is £3 por ton, tho mi* of tho ilb loaf to Ik- Gd; when £0i per ton, to be fijd : when £10 10» J be ~d ; when £'11 15s. to be 7ld!£73, to be Sd. ' *$ It was then docidipd: "That t&» eouiK>n system In> adopted and dozen coupons be sold for 3s 3d, price ~* to bo regulated according to the *li«k ing scale." It was further decided :—"That ik» stores be charged 3s 3d per doEca.niL , v discount of 3d per <\ozen; Store*, to sell at the same price ns the prka <rf the bakoiV carts." • , , All -tlus?i« clianges aro to come inji effect on the tir.st of noxt month. ,Tl»' result of tho ndtmtion of tho ooopoa ' sysk-m will bo tlmt tho honse\rifts $& buys one? tlnzeu cou[K)hs will pay *W' per 21b loaf instead of 3}d, Tv-hfch «& would pay if she p-.ud cash or had brood booked. i %