PRICE OF BREAD.
EFFECT OF THE DUTIES. Comment on a statement recently marie in Auckland to the effect that if the present sliding scale of duty on wheat and (lour was removed bread could he sold si 3jd a two pound loaf, was .'nude yesterday hy Mr H. J£. Montgomery, president of the New Zealand Master Bakers' Federation. "I wish to state, that, if the present sliding scale of duty was removed and wheat could be landed from Australia .it 5s 6d pet bushel, c.i.f., Auckland, and flour at the equivalent oT £l3 oer ion iri Auckland, bread could riot ho sold at. o',d P e . r two-pound loaf," Mr. Montgomery said. -The utmost reduction possible would be Id o two-pound loaf on the present ratts of 6id to 7d. It is obvious that some statements circulated through k the press have been made without know- ■ the tiuo position.*'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20618, 17 July 1930, Page 14
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149PRICE OF BREAD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20618, 17 July 1930, Page 14
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