CORRESPONDENCE.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 273, 29 May 1874, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE HIGH "PRICE OE BREAD AT ST. BATH AN S".

(To the Editor of the Mount Ida Chronicle. > Sir, —At the request of a few felloesufferers from the above cause I havo been induced to expose the monopoly existing at St. Bathans. ~We are at present paying Is. 3d. for what is called a four pound loaf, which, by the bye, is sometimes of very inferior qnal'tv. This I ci'U'vider to be a most ex'iortion.-ifeehurprej f r f dii'.l. after uisiliiiiir every allowance for the price of flour, t'n»l, &'•., there renin ius a profit of Iroiu tid. tu 7d. on every lufiP sold. .Now, I cannot see why we,, the people of Q t- Bathans. should be called upon to pay 3d. a loaf more for our bread than is paid in any other town on the Goldfields ; and, in conclusion, lam certain if any of the bakers in ihe adjacent townships would undertake to supply St. Bathans with bread at a reasonable price they would-be well supported. Hoping you will give this a place in your columns, and that it may do something towards breaking the present monopoly—l am, &c, Ajtti-JVlonopoh ST.

The art union and" auction bazaar in aiii of the harmonium and Cirireh of England huilding funds came off, in die sub<"olvooin r St. Bariums, on Friday evening,'the 17th inst. Tlie drawing was conducted by Mr. Denniston and Mr. Pyle, assisted by Miss-A. Hanger and Miss 113. Wheeler, and the holders-of tickets mustered in strong force. There were eighry nine prizes varying in value from 2s 6d. to .£5. £75 worth, of tickets were disposed oC After the d awing, Mr. Walter Inder sold a' large number of useful articles, presented as gifts, and obtained very satisfactory prices. The sale realised £29 os. ' 6d: The Riffles, lucky bags, and oilier innocent method* of extracting loose change- from, the pockets of the visitors were nut very successful, andrealised only about £5. The efforts of theCommittee were' 1 ably seconded by Mr. .Nicholas, Mr. Gruinitt, Mr. Inder, the MissesWilliams,- Miss Hanger, and Miss Smith. Altogether the affair; was a greit success, thetotal amount realistd being over £llO.