PRICE OF BREAD
AN ENQUIRY PROCEEDING. (Per Press Association.—Copyright). AUCKLAND, December 2. To determine whether adjustments in the price of flour will be necessary in order to compensate for the increased costs under which bakers are working, investigation is being carried out in the baking industry by officers of the Department of Industries and Commerce. This fact was learned today when inquiries were made .at Auckland as to the truth of a rumour that the price of. bread was on the point of being increased. The rumour was found to have no foundation. It is stated to be the definite policy of tlie Government in whose hands the matter lies, to avoid increases in prices, and bakers have been officially advised that there will be no increase.
Bakers are anxiously awaiting the result of the investigation, stating the price of bread to-day is Id per 21b. loaf lower in the main centres than
in 1931, while wage rates are higher,
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1938, Page 7
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