WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING POST. Sib — In answer to a letter in yours of 9th inst. anent weights and measures, and signed " Housekeeper," I feel called upon, as a hawker, to make some reply to the statement made therein. If it is as " Housekeeper" states, she must be a very poor housekeeper indeed that does not know the difference between 2£ and 4 lbs. of apples, or of anything else for that matter. I have no doubt that light weight may be given at times, but that is no reason why the occupation which I follow should be condemned generally through the unreliable and unproven charge of " Housekeeper," who will take 2£lbs. of goods for 41bs. and know no better. I hare been hawking in town for the last two or three years, and have nevor heard of such a case, and would, therefore, be glad that "Housekeeper" should either mention the name (or names) of the said defaulter (or defaulters, if more than one in her experience) to do justice to the innocent, or refrain from publishing in the public Press matter calculated to injure several industrious and hard-working men. I am, &c., ROBBBT EDMENTS. Wellington, 10th May, 1881.
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Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 110, 12 May 1881, Page 2
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