COSTLY CARPETS. A

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 281, 25 November 1921, Page 5

COSTLY CARPETS. A

ANOTHER CUSTOMS CA? sting ©f jrtb and FIXE OF £100 AXD an attisiRudolph Friedlamler was firt<a rhrongli. at the City Court this mornin. displayed charge of "having made an n SS declaration to the custom; tuneto some new carpet:?. Dofen-tn "II Rjrnot appear, and hi, counsel COUcen. »d plea of gfailtr, adding that j t»r :i had "acted very foolishly." rmbraces the Mr. J. P. Riding.*. Collected oapricions r , "ir . rwas achieved toms, prosecuted. Uo an<l wln<ht defendant had been absent be music was for some two years and one was a tin? returned to Xew Zealand, was passed, and then a strings diearrived, having; been transihe J'in ilocsso. Mr. Vi-i«Hand. '" h<^L l * , s , Jf he iva.s quite certain that o " t anchor i\o new goods in the hy his iber were carpete lie ha.i » Mountain nn.l session for ovor two year*. . ?**. enj ,°-I under £100. When hi. called to the makers' ticks the oft-reenr-carpets, he declarer! that the'inge and hcJTis labels of the cleaner in " he had sent the articles for ibout the perHe was refused delivery of tn'-ouringa were and the next day came .lo^»«„$»«££ customs oflice and dei-lared He . c jj e wooda mistake—that he had mistaVs incidental carpete for some old ones w prespnted in been to the cleaners and \ver*. nts *Tbe out from England. He did nm ban<-e." ever, say when the other carpet? executed coming. The ticket? on the new i& y n £° were only dated four months bael e £fectire vet Mr. Friudlander profess*.-! t-t> mr and had them for two rears—until he/fc" 6 * 1 ia K° „, , . . , •„ ~ ~ • woodout vis mistake. the uce d were valued at £126, which wa<» the £100 which would have been a^. 4 - lowed as a limit for personal good^^f

"He was very foolish, and must sufferral for It," said counsel. 'I would- Vemind your Worship, however, in derteriuxmng the fine, that Mr. Friedlander wi-il 100 the carpets, as they must be forfeited." Mr. Poynton. S.M.: Certainly.' they will be. Who is this Mr. FrietUander? Is he a rich man! Mr. Ridings: He is one of the; beetknown men in New Zealand, of the firm of Friedlander Bros, of .Ashbnrton. Mr. Poyrrton: Oh! is that'the . Friedlander? He is fined £100. ' Counsel said that the bench .could lessen the fine if it so desired, and stressed the fact of the confiscation of the carpets. "No, I will not,"' said the Magistrate. "He is a well-to-do man. living.on this country, and can -afford to get without cheating the custom's. poor man was fined £100 here the other day for a customs oflencp, and I am not going to make it lighter for a. rich man."