THE PRICE OF BREAD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 531, 11 June 1909, Page 8

THE PRICE OF BREAD.

: BAKERS ADOPT A 'NEW' SYSTEM. , Tho bakers in their manner of carryins out SrLWfc* ? f / a BiDg aDd lowing 5 ?he pnep of the loaf in accordance with the ""otaatiwu-of the flour market hwl b™ subjected from time to time to a Zrf S OompitoSaW. have beeTmade that although bread goes up promptlv enoueh whenever tfero is a rise in font, it 2 down in comparatively dilatory fashion Thl bakers^ protest that such criticism 7s not ins Mod, but thoy are tired of hiring"" and intend to put a stop to it. ThffWK' ton Master Bakers' Union, at ameetine kft night, decided, that, = i„ .'future/when the pnee of flour rises or falls, the price 0 f bread shall immediately be altered by each mX' bor aecordmg to the scale elaborated by the fc*™ 'Association of NcizXd Hitherto, the pract ce has been to'make no change until a meeting of the union has been heWi to discu M tho situation, having regard "J.*" 6 .,? 40 "* 5 ]n I,nnrl "Dd the nrices at .which t he y were bought.. All such Sderainrice 3 T^' and tt 6 proe of bread will nso and fall automatic'";'..i peice ov ixoto not raised; . : (bt association.) mi j- ■i ■• Christchurch, June 1(1 The directors of, the New Zealand FliL millers' Association met to-dav tn tZ • ™„i?S, and afterncm, but from WoL^ on d S^I oharaf ™. Mt - of a '^onal W«nJ\ w an of th « association (Mr. Hy. Wood), on being seen after the mcetinf stated allv M F¥ hn ? had dfanwed thhS gencr: A y ', b s t ., a i not raiscd th « Price of floni• " • Asked if the question of ?ho diLSn' of hat" ffaullw dea J t . with - tnat tue question would not bo diKrncwrt f™ sWholders having decided te continuo'tho