NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2131, 24 April 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

QUNfcBfN'S BR.6AP UP, Bunedin, April 23, The price of the 4ft. loaf in. Dunodhi has been increased by ft half-penny, the. i cost now being ?}d. Bakers claim thafc the- increase .is moro than warranted and there, is no profit in it, owing to : the prevailing pr.ic* 'of Jour—-ten guin> eas a ton. It h stated that the. master bakers hava, in face of steadily changing cireumstances., exhibited _ a spirit of reasonableness not always displayed in trade when the. value of raw commodities is increased. While there has been no inefeitso in tho price of break (it is said) during tho past twelve. months, the maActaMo value, of flour lias been increased on -three different oi;MSiofts~by 10s, on 'December 7, by 10s. oft "Jtlarcb 1. and b,y the same sum on ApriiS. Representatives of the noar* milling industry say that tho price of. wheat lias been going up all tho time..

NfIPIErt'TARAOALE TRAMS. ' . ■ Maplef, April 23, A meeting of delegate's representing the vafious local bodies interested was held this afternoon a proposal to extend Ike Napier tramway system to tariidale, distant five miles.. The desirableness of extending the system waa affirmed, and a COiiunittea was appoitttod to collect 'Ma, and report as te the route and other .mat* - tors.

PAUMERSTON tCJAN CAsBFHEO, PSlßioratpn Ndfth, April 22.... A poll was tafcoii to-tfav 'to raise A loan of iIOOjOO, of which £60,,00.0 is for the purchase of gasworks, £80,000 for -wrtciitltnj* and euliirghig, and. £5000 for tlifl purchase or acquisition Of hinds <with or without buildings, for afficos and show-rooms}., and resulted in 711 voting for ami '270 against. There wjfo 10 informs! votes, and ahoirt 2300 rata* payers on the- roll.

KUETINO CADETS, Dunedl.it, April 23. A BelieiHO to bi&tmg. eomi'try cadets ra Dunodhi ori the qecasioß of tile visit .jiost week of <3e»eral Hamiftoii is meet'* lug with eard'ial su. : ptiort. A largo number of offers to JjiHcfc boys havo .been rcooivsd from citizens, aiid tho TJiiion Cottipni!? lias undertaken to aceotamo' ■ilsio 800 ■on tho steamer Moiioivai,