FRUITERERS FINED

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 109, 1 February 1941, Page 13

FRUITERERS FINED

Oranges Incorrectly Ticketed A suggestion that the Fruiterers’ Association should print instructions iu Chinese as well as in English, because the regulations governing prices had to be obeyed whether a man could read English or not, was made by Mr. Goulding, S.M., when a number of fruiterers were prosecuted in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, yesterday, for exposing oranges for sale at excessive prices and for failing to put price, grade and count labels on oranges and lemons. Referring to one defendant’s explanation that a price ticket had been accidentally turned back to front, he said the use of double-sided tickets was undesirable because such a ticket might be turned, round deliberately or accidentally. Heavier fines would be inflicted if similar cases came before the Court again. William Biber was lined £3 for exposing oranges for sale at an excessive price. “Count 28S to the case” oranges were priced at 1/S a dozen instead of at the Government control price of 1/4 a dozen. Ng Chee was fined £3 for selling oranges at au excessive price—1/6 a dozen Instead of 1/4. A charge of exposing oranges for sale at an excessive price, brought against Joe King, ’trading as Joe Lee Bros., was dismissed, but lie was fiued £2 for failing to put a price label on oranges and £2 for failing to put a grade and count label on lemons. Ye Quang Young was fined £3 for exposing oranges for sale at an excessive price, and for failing to put a price label on oranges and a grade and count lebel on lemons he was ordered to pay costs. , Ngan Chong was fined 10/- for failing to put a price label on oranges. Ng Dun How was fined £3 for exposing oranges at au excessive price, and was ordered- to pay costs for failing to put a price label on oranges.: Mr. R. Hardie Boys appeared for all the Chinese. Mr. E. A. Wood, an inspector of the Labour Department, prosecuted for the Internal Marketing Division.