INFERIOR GOODS

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 8

INFERIOR GOODS

EPHEMERAL MANUFACTURERS The fact that shopkeepers may unwittingly make purchases, of goods of inferior quality and sell them to the public was mentioned at the Police Court this morning, when a prosecution was brought under the Sale of Foods and Drugs Act to give the matter publicity. An inspector of the Health Department stated that the companies which manufactured the goods lasted only a rdiort time and it was impossible to "trace them. Inconsequence the prosecution was brought against the shopkeeper. Norman Furniss, an inspector of the Health Department, stated that he had purchased samples of camphorated oil made by two different firms and found one to contain 7 per cent and the other 13 per cent of camphor, whereas the percentage should be 20. The manufacturers could not be found. He had brought the charge as a warning to other shopkeepers, as the public had to be protected. The shopkeeper charged with the offence said that he had made the purchase from a salesman, as the price was a little cheaper. According to the description on the bottle the oil was guaranteed pure. The magistrate, Mr. F. K. Hunt, advised the defendant to buy irom reputable firms, and ordered him to pay the costs.