SHORT-WEIGHT BREAD
TWO BAKERS FIXED. Two bakers, Fred. Meyer and John Physiek. were charged in the Magistrate's Court ycslerdcy with having sold nnder-weight bread. !3oth pleaded guilty, and said that owing to Hie poor quality of present-day coal the bread had to be left in the ovens longer than usual, and the amount nf evaporation was greater thnn previously. One of the defendants said that to produce a two-pound loaf he weighed out 21b. ftjoz., and found it worked all ridit. The only time (hero was any complaint was on the present occasion, ivhen there was- :,"eat difficulty in getting the fires to burn well.
By (he proscculion it was stated that in Meyer's case eight loaves weie weighed, and five of them w?ro underweight. In PliyMck's easn one loaf ov.t of ten was up to the weight. Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M., who tomarked on the importance of the .E3-a-wceic wnrker set-ting his full weight of l>read. fined Mfyer -C 2, with Court costs 75.. and solicitor's fee, 10s. 6d., and Physick ,£3, will) costs.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 259, 20 July 1918, Page 8
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176SHORT-WEIGHT BREAD Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 259, 20 July 1918, Page 8
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