SALE OF POTATOES
AT RATES ABOVE PERMITTED PRICE. FIVE GREENGROCERS FINED IN WELLINGTON. (By Tclegranh—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. Four greengrocers were fined by Mr A. M. Goulding, S.M., today, £7 10s each, and a fifth £4, on a Price Tribunal prosecution for selling potatoes at a greater price than permitted. Mr Goulding refused to heed the defence submissions of what he termed more or less technical objections. Counsel had submitted that the cost cf the potatoes had not been proved nor in what area the potatoes were bought by the inspectors, different prices being fixed for different, localities. Addressing the court on the question of penalty, counsel contended that the regulations were unreasonable and confusing; _____ _____
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 August 1942, Page 4
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116SALE OF POTATOES Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 August 1942, Page 4
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