Correspondence
« SHORT WEIGHT IN BREAD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sir, — I have only just seen J. Gould's reply to my letter, I do not wish to infer that any respectable baker would purposely cheat his customers, but that is not the question, which is that I expect to get 21bs of bread for my 3£d coin of the realm. I cannot pay hard cash for " evaporation, "we can't live on it. If bread loses so much by that means, bakers must allow for it. J. Gould's argument won't wash. Now, I suffer from indigestion, which obliges me to ask for bread 2or 3 days old ; but according to J. Gould's theory, instead of getting 32 ounces of bread for a loaf 3 days old I am only to get 24£oz. In different parts of the world I have frequently found loaves to bo " short " weight, but never once did I meet with " over " weight. I have before me a newspaper in which I read that in Sydney the penalty for selling " light weight " is 5s an oz. I see that our Government haye been obliged -to stop the evil, by passing an Act compelling bakers to caixy scales, and weigh out the proper value for money. — I am, &c. Paterfamilias.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 47, 17 October 1891, Page 2
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