BREAD PRICES

Evening Star, Issue 22261, 12 February 1936, Page 7

BREAD PRICES

DIFFICULTIES IN PROVINCIAL CENTRES TRANSPORTATION CHARGES [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, February 11. Inquiries in official circles as to the price of the standard loaf in provincial centres and towns at some distance from a main port or centre for the delivery of flour at the fixed price showed that the authorities have made arrangements to safeguard standard bread purchasers against undue exploitation. It is obvious that on a geographical basis there will be many differences in transportation charges, some bakers having to pay more for the transport of flour than others, and yet _ not enough extra to justify an additional charge of a half-penny for the 21b standard loaf to meet the increased transport charge. In such cases an adjustment will have to be made to prevent expoitation of the bread consumers in the one instance and undue loss to the bakers in the other. It would appear that outside the main centres where delivery of flour can be maintained at a uniform fixed price the transport charges to bakers m provincial towns and rural districts will have to be checked' by the authorities to prevent overcharging for bread. As one official said to-day, these difficulties and possible anomalies will have to be adjusted as the result of experience.