WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1925, Page 4

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

HR IT ISI I EXPERT ARRIVE'. W E 1.1.1 NGTOX, September iXi. Re, etitlv it was decided l.v the Government that Air Allan < 1 ratiger, an Engl;.-!] exjtert on tin- question oi the administration oi weights ami moa-urox regulations, should lie invited to conn* to Xew Zealand to advise upon flip X. w Zetibittd Act. and its application. Alt' (.'ranger is now in Wellington, having arrived by the Tiitt'.tiroa It om Sydney on WcdnesdaY. ;tnd lie exjteets to be in the Dominion for three weeks or a tm-nih.

The administiat ion oi the Hritish Wei.;lit - and Measures Act is carried out tn a way somewhat tlill’oivttl from the X.-w Zealatnl procedure, the Hoard ~f Trade being charged with the general control and-lhe scientific ami lechnie.il -:n|e. and local bodies v. ith the actual administration, whereas ill the Dominion the whole control is ve-ied in the Deaprtment ot l.ahottr.

Mr (Iratiger hats been duel Inspector of Weights and Measures in Hirming- | ham for thirty years, atul is known its the writer of sevet'iil authoritative publication- upon tie- -obi,s i of weights and mea.-tires. Th I).-part teent of I.about' first took over control of the administration in New Zealand al-oin three years ago. Since then there have been two important amendments to the Act, and this year a Consolidating Act has been passed. The new Act gives the Department wider powers in certain directions: tor in-tanre. though previously it bad full power to insist that weights and measures of certain tyjie.s and ol thorough neeuraey were employed, it had not power to insist upon the right weights and measures, being given, except in the ease of wool and coal. The new Act will give that jiower a- front .Titulary Ist. 1P27. Had the new provisions been brought into force at an earlier date, considerable dillieultie- would have ay’sen ihrouglfi the inability- of importers to make arrangements with exporters of goods overseas, that articles sent to Xew Zealand should comply with the now requirements.