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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 188, 22 August 1903, Page 4

WHAT WE Ear AND DRINKAt eo period in the history of Australasian trade has the need of stringent legis!ation for the suppression of adulteration, in New South Wales especially, been more urgent than at present. We have very little safeguard in New South Wales in the way cf systematic inspection, analysis, and prosecution. Infringements of manufacturers' rights with respect to proprietary lints have to be eombited by traders. Perhaps one cf the mcsfc brazen • systems of trade deception practised is that of the sale of liquors over the bar. There are hotels wherp, though recognised standard lines of liquovs are displayed, both on the counter and in the fixtures, the labels on the bo'.tles and ihe manufacturers' name blown in the j glafs wofully belie the contents. The j writer has during the pist fow weiks j taken the opportunity to visit certain' ' houses, and to mark bottles placed upon the counter purporting to contain leading brands of whisky, brandy, or cthnapps. Although those behind the counter state that such and euch a whisky or schnapps has a very large ' sale, and that they empty so many i bottles each day, the same bottle is handed over the counter frequently for weeks and even months, until the label becomes soiled beyond recognition, and the bottle for sheer decency sake is substituted by another, Tbip, in turn, is filled and re-filled over and over again with cheap well-diluted, dcctoed spirit, which is systematically retailed to a class of drinkers who for the most part " know not Joseph,"' This fraud is largely pi'act : sed with whisky and schnapps. In the matter of whisky misrepresentation, the substitute is generally that of a low quality raw spirit, Unfortunately, the same undesirab'e article is supplied to the poor, who have to resort to the "bottle and jug department" for a small quantity cf spirit, ordered by the doctor for the requirements of the sick. Custom, however, with regard to the adulteration of schnapps, which is frequently sold in the same way, assumes a more serious and dangerous afpect. Some little time ago a loading fiim of Sydney merchants made over 25 prosecutions in connection with offering epurious schnapps over the counter. In every instance the prosecutions were successful, and fine 3 amounting to about .£SOO in the aggregate were paid by the offenders, Tte article sold over the counter as " schnapps " is frequently an admixture of low-priced jin and stale sodawater, and is always retailed out of a bottle into which is blown the name of a reputable firm, but who are comple'e strangers to the contents. This question is admittedly an extremely difficult one to deal with. ' r he aggressive offender is hard to catcb, and those who are set to watch are easily bribed to retreat with a bottle of genuine liquor. 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