A CHALLENGE ISSUED
{By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, September 30. A challenge was issued to the Prime Minister by Mr. W. J. Meade, National candidate for Dunedin Central, in an address tonight to give an assurance that the price of bread would not be further increased. "The Prime Minister has denied that any arrangement exists between the Master Bakers' Association and the Government whereby the price is to be increased," he said. "He was careful not to deny that the price of bread would be increased, thus evading the real question in which the public is interested. I challenge him to give this assurance, since he must know that practically every bakery business is, jon account of the recent award affectI ing the industry, being run today at a | loss and that unless the price of bread is increased the smaller bakeries at least cannot carry on. "The information on which my previous statement was based was received by me from a reliable source within the trade. ,My sole purpose in bringing the matter forward is to show that the cost of living is still rising arid that the Government is not only
aware of it, but is a party to the placing of additional burdens on the man who has to provide this very necessary commodity for his family."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1938, Page 21
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219A CHALLENGE ISSUED Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1938, Page 21
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