There will be nov increase in the price of the family bread for the Present following recent talks between the Council's price investigation office and bakers in the Settlement who agreed to postpone their recent request to the Council for an increase in the' price of the bread.
"The request was coincident with the rise in the price of Chinese flour.
Numerous enquiries have been received by the Council for more information about the family bread, following the publication recently in the "North-China, Daily News" of an interview witt a Council official regarding the family loaf, an official of the investigation office stated yesterday.
At the interview he deplored the lack of interest shown by the public in the family loaf. He expressed surprise that after a certain amount of publicity, people whom he met should tell him they had heard nothing about the family bread.
The official disclosed that at the meeting a few days ago with a representative of the Council, the bakers persisted in their request for an increase in the price of family bread, pointing out that the prevailing price óf $15 per bag of Chinese flour was still more than at the time the price of bread was fixed.
In the negotiations with the Council a fortnight ago the bakers agreed to wait until the end of July when, an official of the Council pointed out, the price of flour might drop to such an appreciable extent that any increase in the price of the bread would not be justified. As anticipated, the price of flour showed a considerable decline.
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