THE PRICE OF BREAD.
‘A LABOR DEPUTATION. WANT PRICE OF BREAD AND FLOUR REGULATED. United Press Association —.0or yrioiit MELBOURNE, May 16'/-’ A deputation from the Trades Hall tried to get the Government to insert a provision, in the Millers and Bakers Gazette, at the beginning of each year, fixing a price for flour and bread tinougliout the year . It was urged that f armers did not receive the benefit ot high prices, but that it went to those who hold stocks and forced the prices up. The Premier agreed with the deputation in the abstract but public opinion, he said, was not ripe and wou.d never" sanction" the stop suggested.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2495, 7 May 1909, Page 5
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111THE PRICE OF BREAD. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2495, 7 May 1909, Page 5
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