THE PRICE OF FLOUR.
AUCKLAND STATEMENTS DENIED. liy Telegraph.—Press Association. Duncdhi, List Night. In reply to the s'tatenueiit contained m an Auckland telegram to the effect Wat lakers there had never heard of flour, being landed in Aiipkhml at .£lO 0? '/ 3 il |>er ton and that they nad no cognisance o.f any sJ'/ 2 .nor cent', discount prevailing, «, local miller said: "1 have seen an Auckland wire, and those statements are simply absurd." lie produc-d telegrams and loiters. "I ,|uoted Auckland. You eec 25 tons of Hour landed on blrc Auckland wharf at £lO 15s. X«w if the Auckland price were Cl2 Ills, would tJint not have been accepted?' But it wasn't. Here is the rc-plv 'An otlrer firm quote? £1(1 lfl s c.ii,' Auckland. Can you .reducer 1 didn't reduce tins X\i Ills. It is an old game, and has been foisted on tho Auckland public for ten .years. The Auckland miller keeps the price .high (jiominallv) and a!ow.s (he bakers high, rebates', and the takers charge the public for the bread on the tepis of the nominal price of £l2 l()s. Every miller knows these facts, and it. was a foolish thing „„ Hie part of the Autikland miller to havo imblisM his price hi the way he did. m dilie.rrace. of 2S> in juice of (lour means u. penny in the price of bread " Another miller jfeced further particulars and tig-ure.s at like, reporter's disposal, ,ajid these .bowed that the price of £l2 Ilk* was ail u'tfer ,piiM,le, «nd b0y.u.,1 rcas», | (l . ~„,„,„,,,,, from pn Auckland merclia ill a. letter wliifh stated that large ipum'titics of Hour j„„i !' "ol(I,.nti«l the writer oll'ered to do IrtisMivss on the I,'a.sis o,f £|o act f.o.h. southern .ports. This is below H,,. i s<o . mt.us.'s tariff by which Hour can b„ taiuM in Auckland at £lO 15s' per ton "\<;u will notice," «aid the miller hi conclusion, -that the Auckhuvd wire evades the print ~.| issue, which is the jii'ioe. of Hour in Auckland, and compares be price erf wheat live or six weeks am before the rediurtiou took place in millers ~11-iees with the. present price of "our Ihe .position, now is can Auckland deny the accuracy ,„f (ml . jl gures? ..
REDUCING vision ()|,- 11RKAD. Wellington. last N-ijrhi. lie niasler bakers decided tonight hat ,u the future increases or reductions ,„ p,-,,,, p, ,„,,„, ~,„,, lilk , nmedUtely similar aJteiMioiis i„ the lice of Hour are a.iWou.nte.l, instead of artmg, as m-tlie past, for consulta-
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 114, 11 June 1909, Page 2
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408THE PRICE OF FLOUR. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 114, 11 June 1909, Page 2
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