“PINT” OR “SCHOONER”
RIGHTS OF THE DRINKER.
SYDNEY, October 10
When is a pint not a pint? According to Inspector Degotardi, of the Weights and Measures Department, the answer sometimes is; When It’s a’ “schooner.” The point was raised' yesterday when the Inspector proceeded against Rosie Kelly in the Central Summons Court for having in her possession an unstamped measure. Inspector Degotardi said that he went into a certain city hotel and asked for a pint of beer. Defendant handed him a glass, commonly, called a “schooner,” which he found to contain an ounce and a half less than a pint. “The law requires that when a man asks for a pint of beer, he is entitled to get a pint in a stamped measure,” ho proceeded. ‘‘A lot of public houses are supplying beer in what are called ‘schooners.’ ”
Mr. Mervyn Finlay (for the defendant) : If a man asks for a “schooner” he is entitled to get one? —Yes. Mr. Camphin, S.M.: “But if he asks for a full-rigged ship he expects to get it.”
Tho magistrate fined the defendant 10/-, with 8/- cpsts.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 October 1931, Page 3
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