PUBLIC MARKETS.
'.'. SiiVrrL have ;resid«l -ill...this district, for, 'nearly 2Q■ years,:. and 1 every 'y£ar I''marvel: more and mote at the extreme the: residents' of Wellington .and .suburbs on ■thfe aboVe subject..- Heading your interview..in this mdf'nirtg'S. issueiwith Mr.. F. : i\V: bittle brings H : to :thefroilt dncs.more. - (Is.it likely; that Mr. Haybittle would see/other* Wise ihanVnbsolute failure , .ih.the:projectP:;l. rather ; ;guess it tfould-'myself, but 7 not irt 'the ■■ Way : thdv' : ivquld ; have us .believe.. r I venture, to say Ithatif it had -Hdf. been for the. jftfhieiice' ex6rted;'by the .establishe.d , , dealers the markets .would" have been ari- accomj)lished. fact years ago; instead .of .Beiiig- stilLin'the , and, further, irV'tliey ."'.had' been- placed. :anywhere' olosehftlldy to. the ,Te Art. station, they" would .have • been; an ovflrwhelmjiig'suc-; cess.Y.Mr. Haybittleis;unf6r;tunate in,.referring -to the Melbourne Markets.-.- Did he visit tW'South' ; Melbourne Markets?!: These ! maAetS art' open On Wo' days' and- Saturday, evening every, week'.- They: are : such, an'.'abtoluto iailuro". that.6ne.can .hardly-move,in I the crush, arid you-will find all classes there, only thepbbresti by any meaifs. "1 paid a visit:there about sis,years ago. and—would you believe itf—they were still "failing.": nSrd«r. than ever! • Only.. ,the. dro\vd .was greater, the shedrobm at.least-doubled,; and ; the'occupied area trebled cbfnpared with. 18 of 20 rtafs ago'. trifortunately,-mostoi bur J councillershaVo. to,-s*alld\v what-interested p'artie's:tell..them'... If the'y niade'nibfe ; usG. of their common sehsfe'and procured;paftictilars from .the South, Melbourne- City-Council— who bwri the markets-soi' others,"they might bestir themselves and confer a lasting benefit ■on the poorer and;middle classes of tile cpriintunjtybyfrqeirig them ybke of the auctioneers and Chinanibii.":-"The ..producers Would alsodo better/for ,themsblvos;by:s<?lling. iil the market.—l am,..etc.).' .:'!'' -.■'.■•.■'. -.. . ■ ; <-■ . ; ':• '\ ■"■.; \')■■ \ NOT,INTEIU3STED.:
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 2
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264PUBLIC MARKETS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 2
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