HISTORIC TRADE.
MR M'LEOD ON BREADMAKING. [THE PBESB Special Service.] . WELLINGTON, January Hi "Yours iB just about the oldest in* dustry of which we have historio knowledge," said thb Minister for Land* (Hon. Mr McLeod), addressing the icon, terence of the Master Bakers' and Pastrycooks' Association last night. "You have to g6 right back to Genesis to find a reference to baking, when Abraham gave in order to prepare three loaves of bread. The industry is just about as old as history. Later on, is the Roman aje, there are frequent references to the trade, refexences to the making of bread and to the magistrates who watched the breadmakers. (Laughter.) Later on in history we find the baker who presented false weight and was burned in bis own oven. (LaughfceM I do not think we are quite as hard as that, but' we keep a watchful eye on you all the same. A member: A very watchful eye.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18897, 12 January 1927, Page 8
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158HISTORIC TRADE. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18897, 12 January 1927, Page 8
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