PRICE OF BREAD. INTERESTING COMPARISONS. The argument that bread prices could be reduced If wheat could be imported duty free is not supported by the following figures giving the cash price of the 21b. loaf in the United States, Canada, and Australia (the greatest wheat-producing countries, where all the cheap wheat supplies are): — d. d. New York 8 Chicago 9J Toronto 6J Winnipeg 8 Sydney (city) .... 5 Sydney (suburbs) . 5| Melbourne (city) .. 5 to 5J Melbourne (suburbs) 5J 5J The figures quoted above, which are supplied by the New Zealand Department of Industries and Commerce, are prices received by cable this week. The cash price in Now Zealand today for the 21b. loaf is as follows:— d. d. Dunedin 5j Christchurch .... 6 Wellington 6 to 61 Auckland 6 to 6J 11—Advt.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19300725.2.153.1
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 256, 25 July 1930, Page 13
Word Count
131Page 13 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 256, 25 July 1930, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.