BREAD DELIVERIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26619, 15 November 1947, Page 6

BREAD DELIVERIES

COMPULSION URGED SHOPPING DIFFICULTIES INCREASING A resolution urging the Government to compel bakers to reinstate household deliveries and abolish the zoning system and also urging women throughout New Zealand to demand pre-war service in respect of bread supplies was carried at a combined meeting of the executives of the Dunedin Housewives' Association and the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. The apathy of women in Dunedin in “ submitting to be burdencarriers ” was deplored by the chairman of the A.S.R.S., who said that week-end shopping was becoming more and more difficult. He urged women to rally round the Housewives’ Association and give it their fullest support. An assurance of the co-opera-tion of the A.S.R.S. was given. The purpose of the meeting was a discussion on the increasing cost of commodities. Among articles in short supply which were mentioned were men’s shirts, wool and blankets. Complaint was made of inferior manufactured goods, of which boots and shoes were mentioned as examples.. It was contended that manufacturers should be compelled to make all articles and garments which were in short supply and that they should not be allowed to concentrate on high-priced garments, thus flooding the market with luxury lines. ,