BREAD AND COAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 10 April 1908, Page 7

BREAD AND COAL.

BA&TINGS, April 10.

Bakers' coupons on the cash system meet with a strong public disapproval, owing to the bakers demanding 4d cash from customers who decline to use the coupons, which are sold at 3s 6d a dozen. A largely-attended public meeting unanimously resolved that this meeting favors cash as against credit "wherever practicable, yet considers the purchasing power of cash should equal that of coupons; also that bakers should accept each other's coupons. The meeting also discussed the price of coal, and resolved to urge the Government to establish a State depot liere, the price being 11s 6d per quarter as against 7s 6d at Wellington.