a letter to the editor of the argus in february 1881 made the assertion that 'the market traffic should never have been removed' to the queen victoria market and that the decision to do so 'was the result of a deep-laid scheme of log-rolling at the expense of the ratepayers'. the only redress, they argued, was 'that the victoria market, being now a wholesale market only, shall be strictly prohibited from any retail transactions whatever, and shall be closed punctually at 8am, at which hour all wholesale trade is finished.' the editorial response in the same edition suggested that design of the 'new' building was at fault: