SALE OF MATTRESSES.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17277, 15 October 1921, Page 9

SALE OF MATTRESSES.

PROFITEERING CHARGE PAILS. (ntBSS ASSOCIATION TEiaOEAM.) AUCKLAND, October 14. The hearing of the charge against Tonson, Garlick," and Co., Ltd., of alleged overcharge on a number ot mattresses supplied to F. J. Wilhamj, sheepfarmer, of Waipare, was concluded in the Court to-day. Ernest P. Carten,.offioer in charge of the Auckland Board of Trade, said one of the reasons given for the overcharge was that the warehouse clerks thinking the selling price on the J*? 1 ™ 7 docket was the actual cost, added the US The evidence of the secretary to the company was that a change A system had been introduced, the mistake occurring during the transition period. Evidence was called to show that at the time the order was executed tickinsr was costing more m London than was charged on the docket, indicating that the was supplied at less than replacement value - The Magistrate said he had to aecide whether the overcharge was a result of a mistake or deliberate The prosecution, he said, considered, the various explanations were so mcon- % iwSnlWii: s sideration, he was of ■*>»»» charre had arisen over an innocent mistake. The case must therefore fail.