Our Letter Box.
("e „•« not responsible for opimoiii expressed by correspondents.) CATEIUKC AT THE LATE EXHIUVJ'ION. ('i'o tile Editor.) Sir,-Surely (here must \ K a huge mistake in the figures you print this morning. A„ u K ive lhl! ,„.„„,_ OI) lhp above at £:st lis fid. At «w(fraud wind-up gathering—when the Mutual Admiration Society met— we were told Unit 20,000 (twenty thousand) meals had been SMipplitil und the gross takings over £6OO. Sir, one wonders what the ordinary caterers in New Plymouth would have made out of ths*sp 20,000' £2OO, I am told by a man in {he business. Hut this glorious committee robs the poor caterers, of this one chance to make a haul and manage to show the tremendous profit of one Im-thing per ni e al, after chni'giiiK u; £"><> 12s 8d for sundry 'tucks in" by working committeemen, etc. Prodigious ! ; Mho did the catering, and what did ho make ?--Yours, otc, THE COOK'S MY.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 778, 22 March 1905, Page 2
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156Our Letter Box. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 778, 22 March 1905, Page 2
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