NUTS FOR "MENTO."

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 555, 9 December 1875, Page 3

NUTS FOR "MENTO."

&;£&,— ln your istfue of Thursday last, " M«nto " •offers a few nuts, for " Observer " to crack in reference to the ilon-prpd.uction' of jigriciAtural produce t>y thtf aikato setfclere for ihs Au^k> Jand naarket, or eVen for their owiJ. Trusting tbat'Meotd's teeth are good, I shouK '.v;sh to

inform me how it ia .that in the midit" of an -sgnculEqfcStoQuritry, it waa necessary last winter almost to depend eta "Auckland fo£ the Supply ofbutter sold in 'our townships ?/ Why now it i 9 retailed in 1 Hamilton at Is 4d pe*>'lb, while, in Auckland it U sold retail) in tho shops comnjionly at ]s and income instances at 10J ? Why 1 milk here is retailed at 6d per quart and in Ailctyland (pure) at 4d and 5d according to quaiijity puioJiteed-f 1 : Why old'po'tatoea here ha&'beeft s*Hin^fciatt latrtlie rateof ! 13s' 61 per 100 lbs, and in Auckland «t tb«- *arne time, aft ;3»antl 4g ; while pew potatoes selling at <£ per. lb in Auckland hA^e-tatffc hfeeh at all ? I could go on throwing mo*e nu^s to " Menlfco "<to .crack but these will doubtless keep hii'jstWß bw>y lor tike present ; and as brevity is the soul of wit^ «nd jong-letbre sent to your offic* appear to^ require keeping some time to-render them palatable,; will cut mine short at this.- I—Yours1 — Yours &c,, .AjKoUHItB OSSEBVKB.

i- H^mqton Efotj December '4s. ; , '*•' 4 "U" .*. .1 , '.„■ - ..'.', .j.."L' -» i t1"t 1 " j i,/N<»W is this iubscribe, to Sa^turdat Night. Tmto stwtiw M*«MtNA»<to!.be given t»> Slubsdribers, valued at Seven arid Six Guineas for solving a ri Idle, "or Writing the. best 'ei&iy on •the most enjoyable way «f spending Christmas in the Cfcloniftp. Agentf/«vcrywhei % c.-t J ABfVK ' ■