ALLEGED PRFITOEERING.
SYDNEY BALBERS ACQUITTED. (Received 22, 12 noon.) Sydney, September 22. All accused charged with conspir- s ing in connection with excessive hairdressing charges, were acquitted at the Criminal Court. | A barber and his five assistants were charged with attempting to defraud people of large sums of money for hairdressing. Various witnesses, including {plain clothes police, gave evidence that they were charged from a few shillings to over £3 when they entered the shop for a haircut whereto certain head and skin treatment was added at the barber’s suggestion. The effectiveness and authenticity of such induced treatment were amongst the issues involved. One policeman testified that bls' protest against a bill for £3 2/9 for violet* ray treatment for removal of three hairs in addition to a haircut resulted in a reduction to 16/6, raiding by the police having appeared in the meantime.]
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 239, 22 September 1922, Page 5
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144ALLEGED PRFITOEERING. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 239, 22 September 1922, Page 5
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