PRICE OF BREAD.
INTERESTING COMPARISONS. The argument that bread prices could bo reduced if wheat could be imported duty free is not supported by the- following figures giving the cash price of the 2Jb loaf in the United States, Canada, and Australia (the greatest wheatprodiicing countries, where all the cheap wheat supplies are): — d. New, York 8 Chicago 0} Toronto 64 Winnipeg 8~ Sydney (City) 5 Sydney (Suburbs) 5J Melbourne (City) 5 to 5| Melbourne (Suburbs) 5J The figures quoted abovo are standard prices received by cable recently. In certain localities in Sydney standard prices are subject to 'price-cutting. The same, however, applies to certain parts of Now Zealand. The standard cash prices in Now Zealand to-day for the 21b loaf are as follows:— (1. -Duncdin Si Christchuch ................. 6 Wellington 6 to 6} Auckland 6 to 6} (Published by arrangement.)
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 41, 16 August 1930, Page 13
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140PRICE OF BREAD. Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 41, 16 August 1930, Page 13
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