"LIGHT" BREAD,

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 245, 8 February 1898, Page 2

"LIGHT" BREAD,

(BY TELEGIU.ru—CWN CORRESPONDENT). Auckland, List Night. At the IVicc Court this morning, thirteen local bakers were charged with making for sa'e loaves deficient of the denom nated and on !• r-t- od weight at the time they were offcied for sale. The case of Phillip Crowe was first taken, Mr Cotter (or the defended, pleulinj n';t guilty. Constable Mi,ir said he s'opp<:d one of Crowe's carts and ask d the driver to let h'm weigh some of the loives. He weighed five loaves and found 0113 21b. loaf loz. under weigh', another 2£oz. deficient, and a tlii d .'A z shoit. There wasamuk on the loaves which he took to Lc the figure 1 very in liatinct. J-is. Whahy, driver for Mr Crowe, deposed that the Inspector asked him to pick out any loaves ha liked. The loaves were what Mr Crowe sells as lib. loaves. Mr C owe dots uot guarantee them 21b. Mr Cotter, solicit.r, pointed out that defendant was not charged with making for sale a loaf weighing under 111), 2lb, or 41b, an I the words of the section, " Denominated and understood,"' had been complied with, for the figure one w s stamped 0:1 the loaves, and they were swo n to be lib loaves ; moreover, each loaf was fouud to weigh more than lib. The Magistrate said he was not prepared to give a decision jist then. If the object of the Act was to have bread sold by u eight, and the defendant tscaped under the plea Mr Cotter argued ou he defeated the 0' ject of the Act. At the same time it was the province of the Bench to interpret the Act as framed He would give his decision next Monday. The fu'lowing are the other bakers summoned :—Jas & rley, Win. Collins, R. Cowan, T. McGudlan, T. Nairn. T. Kit g, A. Till, T. Wilson, R. Wilson, A. Wa lace, Alf. Woo'er, and Sophia Waddell.