BREAD PRICES

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 February 1936, Page 11

BREAD PRICES

PROVINCIAL ARRANGEMENTS. [per press association.] WELLINGTON, February 11. Enquiries in official circles as to the price of the standard loaf in the provincial centres and towns at some distance from the main port, or centre for the delivery of flour at a 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 transport charges, some bakers having to pay more for the transport of flour than others, and yet they may not have to pay enough more 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 he made in order to prevent the exploitation 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 the delivery of flour can be maintained at a uniform fixed price-, the transport charges to bakers in the provincial towns and rural districts will have to be checked by the authorities in order to prevent Overcharging for bread. As one official said to-day, these difficulties and possible anomalies will have to be adjusted as a result, of experience. _____