UNFAIR PACKING
! MARKET GARDENER FINED '■This appears to have been a deliberate attempt to defraud the purchasers by fraudulent packing and misrepresenting the contents of the sacks," said Mr. A. Dicker, an inspector of the Department of Agriculture, in the Magistrate's Court to-day when Young Wall Chong, of. Ohau, admitted having failed to pack' two sacks of pumpkins in ii fair and proper manner. The "inspector said that the defendant had previously been warned for a. similar offence. The pumpkins were among eleven sacks exposed for sale on the Wellington market, and-, on inspection, were found to be badly topped off. The three • pumpkins exposed to view on the top of one sack averaged 71b 4oz each, while the' average weight of those in the lower part of the sack was from 7oz to 13oz eachsmall, miserable specimens about the size of an orange. "Although a Chinaman was recently fined £10 for a similar offence, there are still a few daring ones' who are taking the risk of being caught," added the inspector. ■ l . Mr. l.v: Paso. S.M.. imposed v fine of £10 on the defendant, who was lepreseuted by My. A. ,1. Mazen-arb.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 122, 25 May 1928, Page 10
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194UNFAIR PACKING Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 122, 25 May 1928, Page 10
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