WATER IN BUTTER
LEGAL AMOUNT EXCEEDED. (By Telpgraph— Press Association.) DUNEDIN, May 16. At the city Police Court to-day before Mr. H. W. Bundle. S.M., the Maitaki Dairy Company, Ltd,., was charged with ■selling- butter which did not oomply with the standard. Mr. - tv. D. Taylor, who prosecuted, said the company had been previously convicted and .had been warned four times'. A sample analysed contained 17.25 per cent, of water, whereas the Act alowed only 1.6 per cent... Mr. N. Haggitt, for the company, said that- every "possible •precaution was taken to provide against anything of the- sort, ..... . The company pleaded guilty, and a fine of £25 was imposed, with costs.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 19 May 1930, Page 3
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111WATER IN BUTTER Hawera Star, Volume L, 19 May 1930, Page 3
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