PRICE OF FLOUR.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13660, 31 August 1916, Page 4

PRICE OF FLOUR.

INCREASE IN DUNEDIN i

DUNKDIN, August 28. • Flour is ffoinjr to ho dearer. The price is iilrciidy put up In- one' firm from £\i to £l2 JU/- per. ton, and it is said to l)c likely that other miller's will in a f«ir days ask for an advanced figure. There is no association in this trade. Every miller has his own rates, and the public have had the.advantage of the competition. The I'ompany that, now puts up the price is the company that led tilt? <v«y in pulling it down a little while tigo. The. I'aiisi 1 - tor the upward tendency is the spindly of wheat in the market. Velvet is in short .supply and holders are today wanting ii/'fi per Imshel for it. Tim Tuscan wheats ar» quoted at about 4/11,