STATE SANDWICHES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3391, 21 January 1920, Page 3

STATE SANDWICHES.

DIS GU STED RAIL-VVAY TRAVEL—

LERS.

The tra.velling r-c,pol'ter of the Wanganui Herald writes:———“B-ill” Massey, as he is popularly called, as Minister for Railways, is in disgrace with the travell-ing public. He has increased the price of “eats” by 33 1-3 .per cent, —that is, :1. cup of tea and a sandwich that used to cost 6d has now been. I‘a;is.e.d to Bd. It is contended .7b~y the auth.ol'it.ies that the Government eat. inrghouses have been yielding in-a.glli--fieent profits, and that there is no rea. son for the advance. It »seemed that wlmn -alnrost every section of trade. "Was obliged to advance price-S‘ owing to increased production the Governmelixt could not resist, the teinptation either: so up wellt the price of a ham sandwich from 2d to 4d. Insult has been added to injury by reason of the ; fact that, when the traveller u.s~k.s for‘; a. Salld\‘Vi‘C‘h., he gets let. down with corned beef_ One liuniorourist twisted a ribbon of fat wlric»ll formed‘ part of thc- sandwicli round his finger, and, viewing «it with disdain, inldignantly soliloquised thusly: “And Bill Massey. got. my vote on the promise of a square deal. Strik me pink, if he had done this before the election old Bill would have been jostled. I asked for ham, and got. corned beef, which I hate like poison, and to make. matters worse they climwgod tme two brownies extra... No good, Bill, old boy! You’re a gonne-r when we all gst hold of your coatail.” 1