PRICE OF BREAD.
A SUBSIDY TO FLOUR MILLERS.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The Board of Trade has decided to 1 r"commend the Government to grant a f» subsidy to flour millera in order to pre* vent an advance in price of bread, Which von ,1 otherwise be inevitable on account of the increases in price of wheat *cks and manufacturing charges' The board is sitting in Auckland, and it was explained to-day that an advance of ctflhtpence per bushel in the price of wheat was equivalent to £1 12s per ton on the reckoning of 48 bushels to the ton. s l" 1 * risen from 10Ad to Is 3d racli. The advances which had taken place in carting and other manufacturim: charges were equivalent to 7fl fld. Ihe total increase per ton was thereoi e £-2 "s Od The price of flour had been reduced for 10s, makine the prev Pit price , n Auckland £IB per ton. Th,> loiir miller was experiencing a loss of £- hs ®d, these calculations made as at March 1. The subsidy recommended is on the basis ot £2 17«'8d per ton of flour.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 March 1919, Page 4
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190PRICE OF BREAD. Taranaki Daily News, 19 March 1919, Page 4
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