FIXED PRICE OF FLOUR

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18937, 12 February 1936, Page 14

FIXED PRICE OF FLOUR

TRANSPORT COST QUERY PROBLEM TO BE MET (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. Inquiries in official circles as to the price of the standard'loaf in provincial centres and in towns at some distance from a main port or centre for the delivery of flour at the fixed price showed that the authorities have made arrangements to safeguard standard bread purchasers against undue exploitation. It is obvious that, on a geographical basis, there will be many differences in transport charges, some bakers having to pay more for the transport of flour than others and yet may not have to pay enough more to .justify an additional charge of a halfpenny for a 21b standard loaf of bread to meet the increased transport -charge. In such cases, an adjustment will have to be made in order to prevent exploitation of bread consumers in the one instance, and undue loss to bakers in the other. t would appear that, outside the main centres where delivery of flour can_ tie maintained at a uniform fixed price, transport charges to bakers in provincial towns and rural districts will have to he checked by the authorities in order- to prevent overcharging for bread. As one official said..to-day, these difficulties and possible anomalies will have to be .adjusted as a result of experience.