INADEQUATE INCREASE
MORE THAN OFFSET BY COSTS (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 8. The higher prices approved by the Price Tribunal would be unlikely to result in the resumption of household deliveries of bread, said Mr A. E. Brownlie, president of the Auckland
Master Bakers’ Association. “The amount authorised by the Price Tribunal is totally inadequate, as the increased costs since the price was last fixed have amounted to several times the amount of the increase now granted,” he added. When it was considered that a new delivery van would cost about £7OO it was clear that a considerably - larger increase , was needed. It cost £1 5s a day to employ one delivery man to supply 200 customers. '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26226, 9 August 1946, Page 4
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