GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 236, 15 March 1915, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. A MIXINTKR THAT DARKS. TO WORK FCR TIIE PEOPLE. STATE BAKERIES IX NEW SOUTH WALES. Received March 14, 5.5 p.m. Svdnev, .March M. At a meeting of the Master Association, lion. Hall outlined his scheme for nationalising the bread industry. He challenged the' bilkers to contradiet his statement that by spending half a million the (iovernment could deliver bread to private houses a penny a loaf cheaper than the bakers. Mr. Hall proposes to economise by buying fur in large quantities, eliminating the cost of running hundreds of bakehouses, spending no money on adv. itising or carters'bonuses, and sending one I cart to each street instead of twenty. i He estimated a saving of .r.l50,()(IO per : annum in delivery charges alone. There ! will be no bad debts, the State selling ' books of coupons, exchangeable for loaves. The reduction of a penny a loaf will save people V.25U0 weekly and leave a large profit. He proposes to acquire thirty-five to forty bakeries, and compensate the owu- ■ ers. He will appoint an expert board to j consider olVers. Mr. Hall remarked that ! the master baker in future must be prej pared to embark £23,(101). Already companies have been formed throughout Xew Zealand in the ordinary | course of industrial evolution withoro i (iovernment intervention'. Within ten 1 years the bread monopolies established 1 in all the large centres would be as proj fitable as the Colonial Sugar Company, I but the (iovernment proposes to forestall the trusts in the public, interests.

Mr. Hall has been challenged by a baker to prove that under a State monopoly ho could sell bread a penny per loaf cheaper and make a profit.

LABOR MATTERS. Melhuorne, March 1:1. The industrial disputes in 11114 totalled 337, against 200 in the preceding year. Perth, March 13. The Labor Federation is recommending all unions to apply for increased pay, owing to the high" cost of living. LIGHTHOUSE DUES. Ilobart, March 13. The Government fears that the introduction of the new lighthouse dues will divert overseas shipping.