PRICES OF BREAD AND MEAT

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1029, 1 July 1904, Page 2

PRICES OF BREAD AND MEAT

10 TUB EDITOR Sin,—Rending papors from othor districts 1880 that in uoarly ovory district tho price ot b:ead has been reducod in conscquonco of tho drop in tho prioo of Hour, Why cannot tho Waihi bakers givo tho samo concession ') Our local butchers ought also to bringdown the price of meat, It is much dcaror than it was in Wuihi four years ago, but admitting that cattle and sheep wero at high prices during tho i.isfcthroe years, the commercial reports '!i newspapers show that they aro now filing much choaper. Hore is a signifi • ■nit oxiract from a newspapor: "No lower than 71 head of North Island bullocks wore offered at the Addington saloyards last week, and this large outside supply caused a drop in prices. Seoing tint beef is now costing loss than 3d per lb in the ealeyards, tho Chrislchnroh bntchors aro considering tho question of lowering tho retail pvico." The poor milkman, who has to work longer hours and much harder than cither tho butohor or baker, has to be contont with the same price always. Surely it is timo tho prices of bread aDd meat wore roducod in Waihi, ] suppose tho proposal to oroct gasworks will havo the effect of reducing thb price of kero-scno.-lamotc., Consdmkk,