TRADING COUPONS
CASE AGAINST GROCERY FIRM.
(Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, October 29. The provisions of the Trading Coupons Act and definition of a trading coupon, x formed the basis of a case heard by Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court. The case arose as the result of a prosecution brought by the Department of Industries and commerce against the SelfHelp Co-operative, Ltd., which was charged with- redeeming a trading coupon issued by it otherwise than in conformity with Section 4 of the Trading Coupons Act, 1931. The offence was alleged to have been committed through the action of the defendant company in offering a motor-car as the prize in a competition for which the entry-fee was an empty packet of Self-Help tea. It was contended that the packet came within the definition of a trading coupon, as specified in Section 2 of the Act, because it conferred a benefit upon the entrant, and also because it had not been redeemed uncpnditionally and only for money, as specified in Section 4 of the Act. The defence was based mainly upon the meaning of the words “discount,” gift allowances, concession, or benefit” in the definition of a trading couP °After hearing long legal argument the Magistrate reserved his decision.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 15, 30 October 1935, Page 7
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