MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENT
PA DUNEDIN, August 31. Mr. H. W, Bundle, SjM., has delivered judgment in the cases in which the "Evening Star" and< "Otago Daily Times" were each charged with having published a medical advertisement in which the true name and address of the person for whom the advertisement was published were not stated. The ' Magistrate sustained the "Times" defence of the advertisement not being a .medical' advertisement within the meaning of the Act.-and dismissed the charge. He said this > advertisement appeared in. the-| Star m a slightly different form, bringing it within the meaning of the Act, and the company rightly pleaded guilty. The case was the first laid under the Act and a £5 fine would be inflicted. In regard to charges against Ralph Baker Hall, trading under the name of Privex Chemical Supplies, the Magistrate found a'charge-of inserting an advertisement in the Star proved, and inflicted a £5 fine. On a charge of a breach of the Indecent Publications Act the defendant was fined £10. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 54, 1 September 1943, Page 6
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168MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENT Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 54, 1 September 1943, Page 6
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