A CHARGE FAILS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1917, Page 8

A CHARGE FAILS.

1 ID, ; SCALES AT FAULT. (By our Travelling Reporter). • The Health Inspector, Mr. A. Urav, ' besides his other duties, keeps a watch- '• ful eye on tlie butcher, baker and milk- " man. He has at times successfully '• brought charges for .breaches against re-. tailers, but at Waverley recently hi? v charge unexpectedly failed, and tlie '• cause of the failure dcesrves to he wide- ; Iv known. The case was heard before 0 Mr. W. R. Ifaseldcn, S.M., and brought against the Waiigaimi Fresh Food and ; Ice Co.. in Hint on weighing Olbs of : butter the weight was "2oz short. The ?. company pleaded not guilty. Jlr. Cray deposed that lie weighed the >, butler on a Dayton computing scales of i 1. his own and also similar scales in the li defendant company's shop. For the deefnee Mr. Oolins, of Wauganui, Inspector of Weights and Measures, gave evidence that neither scales were reliable. Oil this evidence t,hc charge was disir misled, with costs against tlie company. !e It'seems peculiar that both scales should be found inaccurate. It is "up ir to" -Mr. Cioiins to inspect tlie scales in u; use throughout the province, as alle though many retailers may have weights true to standard they may not lie- aero tual'y correct. The difference of 2oz 0, spread over Gibs is not much, but who ;o can say the retailers are taking an uny, due advantage of light or over-weight Id stales if Jjiose bringing prosecutions are la also at fault? The fact that costs were entered against tlie defending company r- indicated that, the Magistrate did not ie believe the Wanganni company to be en2, tirely free from blame.