MILK SHAKE SALES
APPEAL CASE SUCCESSFUL. j i'er Press Association —Copyright). WELLINGTON, July 9. “Jn my view the appellant, in selling milk shakes, was not selling milk within the meaning of the statute,” said the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myres) in his judgment delivered in a case in which Tiffins, Ltd., proprietors of a milk bar, appealed from a conviction by Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M., in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court for selling milk ‘(milk shakes) in Wellington without a license from the City Council. His Honour added: “He was sellin - a compounded product or mixture of which, it is true, the foundation was milk and the greater part of the mixture was milk, but, in my opinion, that is not sufficient. The compounded article was not milk within the meaning or contemplation of the statute. “That being my view, I hold that the Magistrate’s determination was erroneous and must be reserved.” The appeal was allowed and the conviction quashed, defendant being awarded £7 7s cos*--.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1937, Page 7
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