N.Z. BAKERS' PROTEST
AGAIN.-’-T TIIE FLOFR DUTY. OPERATIONS of S I ’ECU LAT( > RS. (Per Unitea Press Association.) i NAPIER, January l-l. I The New Zealand united master baiters' coiiferfiu'c conel tided its delihera- ! lions last nigbl, and tile following moi tion is to I"- forwarded to tile Premier : | —"Tlie New Zealand Master Bakers' I Assoeiat loti ('mi fen-nee regret that the [Government lias reiniposed a duty on flour and that in so doing it did not de- * tet-tnine the price of wheat, thus allowing the market priee to he inflated by farmers and speculators. Since tiie reimposilion of the duty flour Inn: frequently advanced to the extent of £2 in five weeks. The conleivnee, therefore, strongly nr;;c the Government to remove the duly on flour and to (ix the price !o‘' wheat for tie- incoming season within ~iiali'ie Find.:., in order that flour ! n,av m-i he sold at exorbitant prices. |
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Southland Times, Issue 17630, 15 January 1916, Page 6
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151N.Z. BAKERS' PROTEST Southland Times, Issue 17630, 15 January 1916, Page 6
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