SHORT-WEIGHT GROCER.
TEA AND PAPER. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] London, April 1. Representatives of local authorities to-day interviewed Mr Buxton, president of the Board of;Trade, to urge that legislation should bo introduced to protect the public against : the unscrupulous practices of grocers, who are in the habit of giving their customers short weight. Glasgow inspectors that paper weighing 4,700,0001 b had been used in selling 118,000,0001 b of tea. Mr Buxton promised favourabe consideration of the deputation’s request. ; -: • -. i; i ' i i
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 80, 11 April 1913, Page 5
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84SHORT-WEIGHT GROCER. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 80, 11 April 1913, Page 5
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