VALUE FOR MONEY.
ITOW TO ENSURE FULL-WEIGHT BREAD. Ohristehurch, October 19. Representatives of the Canterbury Master Bakers' Association waited on the lion. fl. XV. Kussell and asked that the weighing of bread by the Government inspector should take place in the dough before the loaf was made, instead of in the loaf, which is liable to deteriorate in weight after being weighed by the baker. The Minister said the question of foodstuffs was most important. He hud ordered a campaign throughout the country, and had found that the public was being shockingly robbed at a time when bread had never been at a higher price. It, seemed to him that organisation amongst those engaged in the trade was required. The Government must be in a position to guarantee to the public that if they paid for a four-pound loaf there were four pounds of bread in it. 'The proposal made by the bakers was impracticable; for one thing, there would be no check on dißhonest ba.kers. The only satisfactory weighing check was on the finished article.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 October 1915, Page 7
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176VALUE FOR MONEY. Taranaki Daily News, 22 October 1915, Page 7
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