HOW THE PUBLIC ARE PENALISED.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1898, 5 November 1913, Page 7

HOW THE PUBLIC ARE PENALISED.

WELLINGTON FOODSTUFFS.

FLOUR STOCKS LOW.

CHEESE OUTPUT BLOCKED

City foodstuffs aro naturally dwindling, particularly sugar, flour, an'cl oatmeal. Tho. flour supply is said to bo very low. None has como from Australia or tho South Island sinco the strike began, but some consignments havo been received from the Auckland and Wanganui mills. Yesterday a local business man received fifty-five sacks by tho Main Trunk line, and parcelled them out amongst half-a-dozen city bakers. Ho has been informed that no further supplies from .this source aro available, as Auckland requires the whole of its own flour wliilo tho strike lasts. It is- understood that somo of the small bakers in Wellington havo now only sufficient supplies to last for threo or four days. Another local merchant states that he lias been inundated with orders for flour. "It was. of no use," he stated, "as wo havo no chanco, as yet, of getting supplies." Somo small suppljes of flour wero obtained'from Wanganui, but none could bo obtained from Taranakl. Potatoes and Oatmeal. Thero aro fair stocks of oatmoal in Wellington. The position with regard to potatoes is not acute. Tho new crop is tuhiing out well in tho Auckland district, and a drop of £4 per ton is reported to-day, bringing the prico down to £12. Limited supplios of new lccal-ly-grown tubers are also coming to hand. Export Checso Blocked. It is reported from Carterton that, owing to tho striko, tho various cheese factories in that district aro being overstoekedj and, if tho situation lasts much longer, tho factories will have no more storago accommodation, and will ultimately havo to close. At present thero are a hundred railway wagons at Wellington full of clieeso waiting to bo unloaded.