An overcharge of sixpence, on a pound of pork chops cost a Sydney Butclier lasV week £5 los. The case was heard before the Necessary Cominotlifcies Commission, when it was statmodities commission, when it was stated that the butcher charged Is 6d instead of the proclaimed price, Is. The defendant said an error had been made in marking the price-board, but his . Honor, in giving judgment, said he did not believe the defence at all. If the defendant had said that Is Gd per elk. was put on the price-hoard to restrain people from asking for the pick of the meat he could have understood
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 66, 17 November 1915, Page 6
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105Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 66, 17 November 1915, Page 6
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