WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3733, 22 December 1927, Page 2

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

NEW REGULATIONS. Wellington, Dec. 21. Under a recent Weights and Measures Regulation, from January 10th it will be an offence for any person to sell by package the following articles jn any quantities other than one ounce, two ounce, four ounce, six ounce, eight ounce, twelve ounce, one pound, one and ahalf pounds, or multiples of a pound net avoirdupois weight; one fluid oz., two fluid oz., half gill, one gill, half pint, one pint, one and a-half pint, one quart, half a gallon, one gallon, or multiples of a gallon net measure: — Sugar■ Coffee, and coffee and chicory Cocoa, cocoa powder, and chocolate powder Treacle and goldeh syrup Pepper Mustard Black Japan, including substitutes, 1 Brunswick black, including substitutes. Candles Other than fancy nails, including clout nails, staples, brads, panel pins, and gimp pins. Tobacco Turpentine, including mineral substitutes

Varnish, including varnish stain and! lacquer.

The regulations will apply to paints after July 10th. The provisions shall not apply to any article weighed or measured in the presence of the purchaser, and where the weight or measure is that asked for they shall not apply to any article sold in a bottle except in the case of milk.