CORRESPONDENCE.
THE PRICE OF M.EA'I
(Tα the Editor.)
fin:,—Will you kindly ailow me a few lines in your valuable paper re the rise in the prico of moat ? Tho butchers have raised their meat from Ad to 2d per Ib, which is a very unjust riso, considering, as we have, the slight rise of meat in tho market. The bakers, when (lour rises £2 or £3 per ton, raise Jd per loaf ; thi9 pays them handsomely. If the butchers continuo this bier rise, which doea not oven benefit their employcos as it should do, it is time (hat co-operativo butchorios wore commenced, and us meat at a reasonable prioo in a country whore cattle is co plontiful. Hoping that some ono betterablo than I am will take up tho matter, —I. am, (s to., Working; Max.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 102, 30 April 1892, Page 2
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