Eating house prices
Sir, —As a visitor to your lovely city I wish to say “thank you” for kindness and courtesy, especially to my hosts. But as for the slap happy attitude of some of the eating houses on tour the least said the better. You are really at their mercy after three to four hours driving. To be given two (refrigerated) stale sandwiches, one stale scone with a cup of tea, 45 cents is rather steep as the sandwiches would be four to a round. But the wooden spoon goes to a very well known (famous) resort for a lunch at $3.50, the best of which had been picked over by three previous busloads — the dishes and meat had not been replenished. To these people I say beware. Ordinary folk will be your bread and butter and when visitors write back to their home papers with these complaints more people will carry their refreshments with them and bypass the sharks and spielers.—Yours etc.,
H. SMITH January 16, 1974.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33446, 30 January 1974, Page 16
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169Eating house prices Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33446, 30 January 1974, Page 16
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