IT IS TIME BREAD DELIVERIES ARE RESUMED

Wanganui Chronicle, 1 November 1946, Page 6

IT IS TIME BREAD DELIVERIES ARE RESUMED

STATE OFFERS SUBSIDY, IN EVENT OF LOSS ,P.A.) Wellington, Oct. 31. In a further effort to obtain a reinstatement of household deliveries of bread, the Minister of 'transport, Mr. O’Brien, has conferred with the president of the Master Bakers’ Federation, Mr. F. W. Creswell, and Mr. H. E. Fairey, a member of the executive of the federation. Mr. O'Brien told the bakers’ representatives that he considered household deliveries should be resumed and that if after a period of trial it was found there were losses that should not legitimately be borne by the bakers, the Government would be prepared to meet those losses. Mr. O'Brien said to-day that Messrs. Creswell and Fairey had explained that they were not entitled to speak for the bakers of New Zealand on the matter. They knew the bakers had gone very thoroughly into the question, but they intimated that the Price Tribunal offer of a penny a loaf lor delivery was inadequate, even if the bakers had motor vehicles and manpower', They had pointed out, said Mr. O'Brien, that most of the vehicles now being used for wholesale deliveries were several years old and could not stand up to the running entailed in household deliveries. They had further stated that the zoning ol deliveries, too, was being investigated and it felt that in that matter the bakers would require some protection in order to make deliveries effective and give consumers a fair choice of different makes of bread. Mr. O'Brien said that after considerable discussion he had informed the bakers' representatives that he thought deliveries should start as early as possible, and made the offer of compensation previously mentioned.