BREAD DELIVERY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26778, 22 May 1948, Page 8

BREAD DELIVERY

CHARGES ANNOUNCED PRICE TRIBUNAL DECISION P.A. WELLINGTON. May 21. The Price Tribunal to-day gave its reserved decision on the application of the New Zealand Federation of Bakers and Pastrycooks for authority to increase charges for the private delivery of bread. The tribunal decided that the present authorised retail delivery charges may be increased as follows:—“ For 21b loaves, amble split loaves, or fancy loaves of similar or substantially similar weight and specification to types which are, with authority, subject to the same retail delivery charge as 21b loaves, the retail delivery charge may be increased by £d a 21b loaf to a maximum cash delivery charge in scheduled areas of 7d a loaf and in non-scheduled areas 7£d a loaf. For 41b loaves, the delivery charge may be increased by Id a 41b loaf with a maximum retail cash delivery charge of Is 2d a loaf in scheduled .areas and in non-scheduled areas of Is 3d a loaf. For individual lib loaves, the retail cash or booked delivery charge may be increased by £d a lib loaf with a maximum charge of 4d a loaf in either scheduled or non-scheduled areas.

“Where, on September 1, 1939, a booking charge was made, the new booked delivery charge shall not exceed the cash delivery charge by more than £d h 21b loaf or Id a 4lb loaf.' Where a higher price at present obtains, it may continue meanwhile pending investigation by the Price Control Division into existing anomalies. Sales by coupons shall be deemed to be cash delivery. “As the present authorised maximum price for retail cash delivery of bread m the Wellington scheduled area is 7d a 21b loaf, no increase is authorised for cash delivery with the exception of the charge for delivery of lib loaves which may be increased up to a maximum of 4d. This decision shall not apply where the delivery of bread is made in rural areas by transport contractors at rates as authorised by the Transport Licensing Authority. This decision is made on the understanding that where it involves financial hardship to any individual baker, providing a reasonable private retail delivery service, then such baker may apply to the division to have his case con* sidered on the basis of his financial accounts. With a view to avoiding costly overlapping of deliveries as obtained before the war, the tribunal is of the opinion that bakers should in the interests of economy and efficiency voluntarily agree among themselves to a zoning system on lines similar to that now operative in Auckland where bakers throughout the war and up to the present time have continued to provide the public with a retail delivery service.”