DIRTY SWEETS SHOP.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 25, 31 January 1928, Page 5

DIRTY SWEETS SHOP.

"SHOCKINGLY BAD CASE."

CONFECTIONER FINED £12,

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)

WAXGAXUI, this day.

Inspector Fear, of the City Council, presented in the Police Court to-day a shocking case of failure to keep premises clean. The defendant was Eobcrt Jamioson, confectioner.

The inspector stated that at the rear of the shop was a small room, in which the manufacture of sweets was carried on. Paper and scrim bulged from the walls, and was festooned with cobwebs and dirt, which dropped on to a small bench where the sweets were made. On the bench and behind it was an accumulation of scraps of sweets, etc. 5 that had been there for a considerable time. In fact, said the inspector, the premises are indescribable, and a disgrace. He then went on to describe the state of the utensils, but counsel for the defence objected, as he was not prepared to meet the charge, so the inspector agreed to lay a separate charge.

Counsel explained that since the inspector's visit the premises had been renovated.

The magistrate said he was satisfied it was. a shockingly bad case, and it was clear there had been an utter disregard for cleanliness in connection with the business. The food was supplied to children, and was a menacc to health. Defendant was fined £12, and an application to suppress his name was refused.