BREAD IN ENGLAND.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3432, 11 March 1920, Page 6

BREAD IN ENGLAND.

BRl'l‘lS'l-1 GOVERNMENT ’S POLICY

LONDON, March 8.

In the House of Commons, at question time, Mr Lloyd Geul',r_{o stated that the (}<»v<>l-nlnc'llt had "doc-ixled fllut the :x},mlition of the broad .<ub.<idy was in~ :ul\'i.<ahlo at pl'csmlt_. but :1. sllbstzmtial w<hl<:ti(nl in the estimate for thv cur-.

J'.‘l‘.t liu:nl<-idl )'--:u' was llll§N.‘l"E.fl\‘(‘. Consequently the whole sale price Hf flour woulcl. be I‘2liS('<l 12)/3 per sack of Zsnlbs on Marr:ll 15th. The :I\‘e:-zl_gro 11119 of ('xtx'zu:lioll which must, be nl)--tainml frmn wheat would also bu I':ll>‘(‘ll from 77 pm" cent to 90 per 00111‘. in (vx'<l(‘-1' f 0 (‘nsuro nhat tho bml(.‘fit' on l'lle'inz~z'(':lse<l \'1ll1l(‘ of trzl<lol‘.<’ Stocks shall pass to the C()Il.SU.IllCl' or faxpa)'el'. N 0 :Id\'an<l-0 in the retail price of flour or lJl'(‘3.(l wmlld be porlniflml until April 12111. .-\l'l'angollwlltTs had lmeln matlo to ('llerk t':ra(lol's’ stocks. The c-sfinmlocl reduction in the .‘<ubs'id_‘,' \\'oul«_l amount lo about forty-five million .~ferling during the Current finanoial _Ve:xl'.