FLOUR SUBSIDY.
: v.' ! '"Nqw; ; STaN^,P^D;^^f.. ;oL ; V ,«,'...v Per.-Press Association—: ,-•»■ ': tf J:;:*.r^TsrfflJj]DNoTQN,'']^y- ? 24. w: ;,The "flour.- /.subsidy -j au.tip'rised:,,..;.by ''CaS'ihetTso'me isV now, being paid ito whaAaye. 'substantiated Acting Presi-: dent'-'o£-ihe Boajd, 0f,.-Tj;ade (Hon. }?.; •B.'S". Mac Donald) said;.,taJay that the amount of subsidy was calculated: according: to the sum necessary to makeup "the...difference . between; t'te past season's cost 'of production and this •season'-s.—There-was-an- addition 0f..8d per bushel to the price of < New Zea- : land wheat, and.the price or'-flour, had been reduced "by 10s per ton,- to enable the;'-bakers to make good certain increased- charges; These and other; smaller items formed the.basis of the : flour, subsidy, -which worked out at, about £2 iss ja .ton, according to. the varieties and* the circumstances of JChe. idea was,to.ensure a..r£a_sOnabl'K'Teturn "to -the'miller;" so "that be enabled.-to carry-on-his business. ..:. .—..-;■ -- ■• - :
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16829, 26 May 1919, Page 7
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133FLOUR SUBSIDY. Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16829, 26 May 1919, Page 7
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