THE PRICE OF FLOUR.
[ MILLERS PROTEST TO THE • PREMIER. i By TidegrapD.—Press Association.' '■' i Wellington, October 2. A deputation of Canterbury flour millers outside tlie Flourmillers' Association waited on the Premier to-day and made a most emphatic protest against the prices for wheat and flour fix. d I>y the commission. The main contention of tie deputation was that it was quite impossible to carry on their business at the prices fixed—4s lid for wheat and £ll 15s for flour. It was stated that over 60,000 bushels of wheat had been purchased at from 5s to 5s 3d before prices wore fixed, and at such prices flour could not bo sold at a profit under £l3 a ton. Other members pointed out that even if there had been no war the price of wheat and flour must hare gone up. probably as high as 6s a bnshel. The Premier pointed out that the, Government could not and would not ' 'interfere, with the Commission, but •greed that, further evidence might Bo ioubt be heard. This was a matter for the commission to decide.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 111, 3 October 1914, Page 4
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181THE PRICE OF FLOUR. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 111, 3 October 1914, Page 4
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