THE PRICE OF BREAD,
AUCKLAND, June 13. The Trade* and Labour Council carried resolutions strongly protesting against the increased price of bread, and urging the Government to prevent short-weight bread being sold, and to legislate so as to prevent the. food supply of the people of the colony being interfered with by trusts and combines. THAMES, Juno 14. The price of bread ha* been increased throughout the Thames district to && per 41b loaf. The previous price was 7d, and it ha* never been cheaper for years. Local bakers say that the increase is eesentia.l to correspond with the increased price of flour. They do not anticipate that the rise will be maintained for long.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2779, 19 June 1907, Page 33
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114THE PRICE OF BREAD, Otago Witness, Issue 2779, 19 June 1907, Page 33
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