SHORT TON USED IN MEASUREMENTS
LEGAL LIMITATIONS A ton of oatmeal, flour, bran, pollard. sharps, semolina, wheatmeal, or other milled product of oats or wheat may consist of 20001 b. This is stated in the first schedule of the Weights and Measures Act. 1925. The executive of the North Canterbury district of Federated Farmers received this advice in a letter from Mr J. C. Adams, industrial, officer of Federated Farmers, who had consulted the Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures. The inspector advised Mr Adams that the use of the short ton for any other purpose than those mentioned was an infringement of the act. except for certain dealings in direct imports or exports. “As a result of inquiry it appears, however, that the short ton is generally and commonly used for bulk dealings in stqck foods, particularly those in meal or flour form, irrespective of the legal limitations.” saia the inspector. “This is be an old-established trade practice. If this is the case, no material consideration of fraud appears to be involved. However, the suppliers’ organisation is being requested to advise members of the legal limitations oi\ the use of the- short ton for trade purposes.’’
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26538, 28 September 1951, Page 10
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