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J K OP -FOOnSTOFPS IX I . AVmjXGTON. Wellington, June 22. - At intervals citizens have complained that they have paid at the rate of Is 7d a pound, for short-weight butter, and tha Health Department has been alert for the detection of such alleged practices and the result <if tlie vigilant- is that certain prosecutions may follow. The department lias met with a difficulty. The la;\v provides for action if the quantity as sold is below the weight specified oh the wrapper, but jf 110 weight is indicated the,' Department is apparently put out of Court. Certain packers of butter quickly saw the advantage of omitting the weight on the wrapper of alleged pound pats of butter. Experience has proved that the law will need amendment. A single clause will be sufficient to enable the Department to secure a fair deal for the public, weight according to specification. Protests are also being made against | "lig'h-weight" in commodities outside the Health Department's scope. A suburban resident states that alleged hundredweights are sometimes KHbs or 121bg short. It is not easy for the average householder to obtain-convincing proof of such exploitation.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 June 1915, Page 7
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191NOT FULL WEIGHT. Taranaki Daily News, 24 June 1915, Page 7
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