BREAD.

Evening Star, Issue 25677, 28 December 1945, Page 8

BREAD.

TO THE EDIT OK. Sir, —Mention was recently made ol 22 women’s organisations in Dunedin who had petitioned the City Council for rest rooms. What a great thing it would be if they could do something about the bread question in Dunedin. It is a most important subject, and concerns the health of all, especially children. There is no excuse now for the pappy, underbaked, overbaked mixture called bread which we have to take or leave in this neighbourhood. There is good bread to be obtained in Dunedin, but only at the cost of time and fares. More than one baker should be allowed to distribute bread in a district. The Government allows it, and there can be no excuse on the bakers’ part now. Some of them must have amassed a fortune in selling this poorest quality of bread made anywhere in New Zealand. I am assured that the quality of the ingredients is of the highest, but that the bread is neither mixed nor baked properly. Also, it seems that we have endured too long bread being handed to customers without wrapping, especially to children collecting it on their wav home from school, with hands that cannot be too clean, and in all weathers. What it is like when it reaches the table can only bo imagined. In the mixed stores and dairies that sell most of the bread, no proper place is made for it. It is placed under dingy counters, or on counters, amongst countless other goods, exposed to dust and germs. It is the only food purchased that cannot be cleansed or cooked before it is oaten. The proprietors will tell you that the small profit on bread does not allow for wrapping paper (plenty of which is now available), yet they sell many other articles which show only the same profit, but are always handed to the' customer wrapped up. Incidently, it has-been observed that bread sold on Sunday is always wrapped. This is a task that could be undertaken by the women’s organisations mentioned above, when they resume in the new year. They would get plenty of support. Mr Nordmeyer promised to see into the matter early this year, and his support would be given to anv effort to improve the quality and delivery of bread.—l am, etc., Housewife. December 27.