THE PRICE OF BREAD.
•t.; i ,-/••(« ito'thkeditob. / : /\- Sia,r-^Se«ing Several remarks 1 in varibuß newspapers^ '< baker's weight,'-| I wish" to<add .my j. testimony, and it is>: that after dealing with nearly .every shop in Wanganui selling .bread, I have never yet been able to find the, one, that gives 21bs usight of bread per loaf. 'lf such ..shop, doffi'dkUt Thdjie that shop' will, kindly &t\ oiKjeiiottfy'its^whereabbutu. The price' of bath <JLb,ur and bread is ' most unjustly high, compared, with the value ' of wheat, being ftUeast double what it ought to be, and 1 think the bakera could, afc all events jrive their, customers '. full am, SOS;,'}. T'" 'st •/ • G.P*,. Pfease Note.— A good sample, of milling wbeftti Wai • offered : to a merchant in town laat week) and the price obtained was ,3s per, bushel.. Now, two bushels makes p? fl,ou iv lQOlfrs and 20lbs of seconds pollard and bran. The latter pays well foriihV J grinding, consequently the 100 #of edits brit:€s/ and yet is hbw eell-^. iogin Wanganui retail -at 335. Again,. lOOlbs of fjqur, makes,; with jmerft water and jeast, wftho^t ammonia and, other rutibisti'tb increase its- absorbent ppwers,. , laMto'tf^opd ! b»a&, whict;at '% lb^l, present price, is 20s Bd,"an^ as bakers' bet ■ floui at '-wholesale ' pHces/ they' must "be making r & thing of it justiiow; : The remedy for this is a 00-operative Bakitag Society in cpnueqtion with; a flour.BQill.— r, {
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 9419, 14 May 1879, Page 3
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230THE PRICE OF BREAD. Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 9419, 14 May 1879, Page 3
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