THE BREAD QUESTION.
(To the Editor of the Tuapeka Times.) Sir, — Some little time back I was rejoiced to hear that the Inspector of "Weights and Measures was in this district, and some of our bakers know it. I think it would be as well if tho Inspector, or others ia, power, should employ, say the police, to look after the weights and measures, as I had, since the Inspector left, weighed a loaf supposed to weigh 2lbs., which, to my surprise, after paying 6J. for it, onlyweighed 1 lb. 9 oz., being 7 oz. short weight. The sooner this state of things is put a stop to the better. Hoping you will show the public how they are taken in with the staff of life, — I am., &c, Paterfamilias. [Oar correspondent will see from our advertising columns that Mr. Boulton supplies biead, weighed over the counter, at 9d. per 4 Ib. loaf. —Ed. T.T.]
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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 52, 6 February 1869, Page 3
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155THE BREAD QUESTION. Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 52, 6 February 1869, Page 3
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