THE MUNICIPAL MARKET.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19258, 13 March 1928, Page 11

THE MUNICIPAL MARKET.

MOTOR OT THS -SBESS. matter-of-fact can see very little-humour in having a "twit" at rfs Mayor on the Municipal Market, - prosperous members of the

Drainage indulged in at their J«k!j»nciuet In fact the said alluM vas not mude in very good taste. &m« food prices are extraordinarily tgh, and any attempt to reduce them draw receive public encouragement, «d not official sarcasm camouflaged by »t, as "'cat in curry." For take the price of jam. »'2lb. jar m England is generally 7d • JHrandi cheaper than it is here, aljwigh a v greater part of tiie fruit is «Wed, and sugar is 3d a pound •*rcr. Or take oranges and lemons; U» former are 12 and IB a shilling tt England, thus a most necessary Wide in child diet is here a luxury. 'lt is encouraging to know that the taditiona of the Municipal Market are <*ler the direct supervision of the Health Officer. The fish comes in fre•.oenUy; ]t js immediately unpacked •M placed in glass cases on ico. The rojcnor's shop has an entire closed jratage, and a closed glass door. The «»it Stores are open, as thev are in ?** city market in the world. The ™t is fresii, and cheap, and it is T* exposed to the same amount of 2jj*Mthe fruit that is in the street "Ne all the City fruit shops. rm women can "twit,'' too.. The * of fish has never been as low as present in the shons, so "A iJBt to the Municipal Market." May :*naye come to stav.—Yours, etc, , r , PLUM BLUSH,