DELIVERIES OF BREAD

Chronicle (Levin), 21 March 1947, Page 7

DELIVERIES OF BREAD

-Press Association

"CUSTOMERS STILL WANTED TO BE CARTHORSES"

By Telegraph-

DUNEDIN, March 20. "This is siniply a bogcy created by tlio press which has boen oxploded, '/ stated i\lr. A. T. Hobortson (Dunedin) ■\\hen the qucstion of bread delivori.es w as under discussion at tlio Eederation of Bakers and Pastryeooks Conference today. Ko understood tliat the total respouse to requests from all bakeries in the city that custoniors should advise theni tliat tltey required bread delivered came to about. 47 clients, and he cousidered tliat not one por cent. of the bread baked was going out on delivery to customers. ' ' 1 think that witliin about tliree mouths there will be no bread deliveries and everyone will be perfectly satisiied, " he said. Delegates pointed out that customers slill apparently wanted to be cartliorses. The delivery of bread was available but they did not want to take advantage of it. With the cost of new vaus and repairs to old vans it was not a praeticable proposition and if an extra charge were to be levied for cartage people simply would not pay it. The delivery of bread, it was stated, was elosely allied to the question of some forin of licensing in the baking industry, for deliveries could lead to cutthroat competition. I A suggestion that some form of • licensing should be introdueed in the ' industry was a liardy annual, eomment- j ed the president (Mr. F. W. Creswell). • £lm problom had br-en cnming forwn.rd j

since 1935 and still 110 answer had been found to it. It was not dosired to put the industry behind closed doors but merely to give some form of security against unfair competition. A resolution was accordingly passed to the effect that the Council should continue to endeavour to get some form of control upheld by the Governmcnt for the licensing of the baking industry in relation to bakehouses. The following officers for the coming Vcar were elected at today's session of the N.Z. Eederation of Bakers and Pastryeooks Conference: President, Mr. T. H. Mclvenzie (Bouthland); vicepresident, Mr J. A. Connon (Auckland;; Council members, Messrs H. E. Eairey (Manawatu), W. S. N. Renuie (Wanga-nui-Taranaki), E. E. Hawker (Canterbury), R. A. Craighead (West Coast), and A. T. Robertson (Otago). .