AERATED WATER BOTTLES
TO WHOM DO THEY BELONG? (IT TILBOIUPH.— -FnESS ASSOCIATION.) DUNEDIN, This Day. A civil case embracing a principle of importance to aerated water manufacturers was decided by Mr. Widdowson, S.M., this morning, in his judgment in the action Lane, Ltd., v. W. Gittens, a bottle gatherer, in which plaintiff sued for possession of eighty dozen aerated water bottles detained since November, and collected at Tahuna Park camp. The principle involved was whether there are sales of such bottles with their contents. The Magistrate said that with the delivery tickets storekeepers received a circular stating that aerated watera would be charged for at the rate of 2s 6d a dozen, and an allowance of Is a dozen wpuld be made for empties returned. Plaintiffs also had invoices containing a memo: "Bottles in this invoice are not sold, although a deposit may have been taken," but this invoice was only delivered to merchants, was sent monthly to storekeepers, and not at all to those paying cash, so the circular could not be invoked to supplement tho contract. Moreover, the circulars sent to different customers were different, and while it was clear that one to hotelkeepers cid not give them possession of the property, the circular to storekeepers contained no reference to a deposit, and that the words in the circular given above showed that the bottles wore purchased with the contents. Judgment was given for defendant.
.The hope is expressed by some wellwishers of the Homes for Incurables and Little Children that they will not be forgotten at this time of Christmas cheer. The sisters in charge of the homes would be glad to call for or receive any donation. There are, no doubt, many people who will be glad to assist in making a happy Christmas for others not so happily situated as themselves. Mr. L. E. AJdridge, Routh's Buildings, has been appointed manager for Messrs. H. L. Young, Ltd., of Palmerston North, Auckland, 'and Wellington, sole New Zealand ugeute for tho Kulumuzoo loote-Jetf l«ogo» and appUwoe*.
AERATED WATER BOTTLES
Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 150, 22 December 1914, Page 8
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