VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 30 September 1927, Page 5

VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

FRESH OR PRESERVED DEFINITION IN THE ACT. (Per Press Association). Wellington, Sept. 80. Because a fruiterer exposed loi safe tinned vegetables and dealt in firewood the Inspector ot Factories claimed in Court that he should close at one o’clock on Saturdays. The Magistrate quoted the definition in the Act: "Fresh or preserved fruit (other than jam) or vegetables.” “There is no punctuation in the sentence,’’ said Mr E, Page, "and it seems to me that the adjectives fresh or preserved apply to vegetable.-, as well as to fruit,” Even if it was not the custom loi tin- trade not to stock tinned vegetables he did not think it affected the meaning to be given t-o the words. . Some tinned oysters were also found on the premises hut the evidence showed that they were not kept exposed or offered for sale bnt were for the defendant’s own use. The defendant was entitled to remain open. The wood' was not kept in the shop: if it had been the defendant would have had to close. He was fined 10/-, however, for exposing it utside the shop.