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BREAD FOR AIR FORCE MASTER BAKER FINED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The delivery under contract to the Air Department at Rongotai of 100 loaves of bread, 97 of wbkh proved to be under-weight, resulted in the conviction of Huia B. Tonics, master baker, trading as the Wellington Bread Company. In a reserved judgment Mr. J. E Luxford, S.M., said the degree of carelessness on the part of defendant was high, and consequentially the penalty would be substantial.. A fine of £7 and costs was imposed. Hie bread was weighed as a whole when delivered, said the magistrate, and was found to be 36ilb short. Defendant, on learning of the shut weight, made up the deficiency later in the day. The officer in charge, however, had already complained to the Inspector of Weights and Measures, who visited the aerodrome and weighed 97 loaves, the remaining three having been cut up. Ever* loaf was under-weight.
"The object of the section Is to make bakers act carefully as well at honestly, and to deliver the weight of bread demanded by a purchaser," said the magistrate.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 138, 13 June 1941, Page 8
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