MILK WAR IN AUCKLAND

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 75, 10 March 1933, Page 6

MILK WAR IN AUCKLAND

SOME VENDORS CUT COST. THREEPENCE A QUART. Auckland, March 9. A milk war has been declared, in Auckland. As from Saturday milk ’ff ill be available from one group of vendors at 3d a quart, against the stabilised prices of 5d for loose milk and 5Jd for bottled, which were fixed last September as a result of an agreement among members of the Auckland Milk Vendors’ Association. The renewed campaign for the favour of the city’s milk trade has been precipitated by an extension of the activities of the Farmers’ and Vendors’ Association, which is promising supplies at the cheaper price. It is the claim of this body that by the prevention of overlapping in the delivery system it can sell at 3d a quart. It is stated that the milk will be drawn principally from the neighbourhood of Tamaki. The Auckland Milk Vendors’ Association is calling a meeting of members to discuss the situation. Prior to the stabilisation of prices last September there was considerable price cutting in Auckland by individual vendors and the stabilisation agreement was designed to end this. However, recently there have been signs of a breakaway, as many shops in the residential districts have carried notices announcing prices below those fixed.