THE PRICE OF BREAD.
Sir,— l notice in all the commercial reports that' the price of flour is now ruling very low in the New Zealand markets, yet we have to pay the same price for our ?, \bjead," Why this thusness? Can you ' 'tell me, Mr Editor ? lam quite sure that if the price of flour had gone up the bakers would have sent up the price of bread quick enough. It is now about two ■ r years ago since the avarice of the bakers 1 ; caused a strong agitation in Napier, and » very nearly led tp the starting of a co- / operative bakery. The affair fell through r**! '.then because the bakers cut the ground >.; frob under the agitators' feet by lowering i, their price. I hope, however, if the idea gets started again that it will be carried out to the "bitter end," whatever the bakers may do to save themselves when they' find themselves pushed against the » ■'■ wftll,— l aai, &c. ....>,-)- „•■ ; -• A :Family Man. "• '^Napier, April 29, 1879. :
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5369, 30 April 1879, Page 3
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171THE PRICE OF BREAD. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5369, 30 April 1879, Page 3
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