SHORT WEIGHT BREAD.
DEFENDANT FINED.
At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning John Walls was charged with (1) selling short weight bread and (2) obstructing the Inspector under the Sales of Foods and Drugs Act in the execution of his duties. The bread in question was alleged to be two ounces underweight in a four lb loaf. Deteudant pleaded guilty on the first charge except that he maintained the bread was not two ounces short. Mr M. O’Brien, the Inspector under the Sales of Food and Drugs Act, said that as defendant was pleading guilty on the hrst charge he would ask leave to withdraw the second charge, which was granted. The defendant admitted that the loat in question was underweight but denied that it was two ounces short. It was a burnt loat and had been scraped, which caused the shortage in weight. All the other loaves were full weight. The Magistrate said that he would not impose a large penalty, but he wanted to give a warning to bakers that full weight must be given. With the present high price of bread it was difficult for poor people to live without in addition being given short weight. Defendant would be fined £2 with costs 7s.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1466, 30 October 1915, Page 3
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206SHORT WEIGHT BREAD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1466, 30 October 1915, Page 3
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