CORRESPONDENCE

Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1921, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE

IN REPLY TO MR WILD. | < (To the Editor.) , | Sir, —Wo had no intention of writing ] further on this subject, l>ut as you ( are now backing up your first letter , with a further lot of misstatements we will now deal with you. No f—You , state that your letter brought about a , reduction in the price of meat, and ] there has been no reduction made since , yon wrote your letter. No 2.—You say ] you bought a lg of mutton, weighed it 5-Jlbs, cost 5/6, and you do not know J , where it came from (Oh, Mr Wild), and ; , you never procured a leg of mutton j from any of the butchers at all. No [ 3, —We are not squealing (but you are); • We are just giving you straight out facts. Re your remarks about the 111 , butchers gone out of business, 99 per j cent have gone out through cutting . prices. As to your suggestion for us to interfere with other butchers’ business kindly mind your own, as w . are quite capable of managing ours. The rest of'i your personal letter can be left alone as , it has no bearing on the subject. | Yours etc., i ANDREWS BROS. Hokitika, March 31st. | [This correspondence is closed. —Ed. O.j