ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 50, 23 January 1869, Page 3

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

0 [ BETTING, j ■ (To (he Editor of the Tuapeka Times.) a Sih,— As I believe you will do jua9 tice to a poor man as to a rich, I beg i- to state my case. I lately made a bet ■ with a man here that I could hoe a, * potatoe-patch in two days, or with my d mate, in one day. The bet was £5 to 7 £1, and was accepted and the money „ staked. My mate and myself did the, 1 work in the allotted time, but on claim- - ing the money were refused; and our 7 employer, by scouting, got the judge r - to give a decision in Ms favour. J* 0Yr > >n air is not this too bad?— Tours? &c> w ' Small Po/Itoeb. /r Tuapeka Mouth, Jan. 21,^*69. ry THE BREAD QUESTION. a i (To (he Editor offaTuapeka Times.) k- Sib,— WMyoOtease to allow me a he small spa^f J°".P a P er fo J » f f7 n- rremarks/*1" 1 the high price of bread, ry thest^° f . life? lam of opinion tbat en •+ ygmgh time the price of bread was ad l/fered in this district, for is it not a that tne public are imposeiLa»iy Jv* short weight andlngli^fricetf I would V- suggest ihjjtfftfGbßo meeting be called 2 Sj^u^seofform^acom^y^ •giCbe called the J^^sfiouST^ 75 CompanVy'e-tu^weight in every loaf SreXloaf, for that is rarely given ortß '\ i*ess the Inspector is in the district. > e *£\s Inspector, on his visit to I*rvre&Ag on ]y *3|lbs. lam still of opinion v* er ®shat yre Bhall never get our full weight > ua< | unless we have an inspector of weights ' ;?* living among us. At the present rate of flour, families could bake their own i i bread, and do it at about half their, presentcosj^^baker's bread. When X^^^Mtftfjj^^^^B^mj^^^^^ftU. other^