WEIGHING OF GRAIN.

Mataura Ensign, 23 April 1913, Page 4

WEIGHING OF GRAIN.

Mr Moffetfc dir-o .1 ••.'.■U-::iioii to a complaint regard,ug i.1.0 ol . grain, and aai.l tl.a.!, ii was a ntatu-r . of Rroat importam* and one tliat was fonsUuitly iw'i! lg. j Mr W.' Fe:-d:>i ; e. r nr..s:delU «.l _tU i4outh!;ind j-'arme..-..' the maUvr hail ;> da; liie last Kann-.w' (' ri«.j: (V):ii'eron(rt and t!w» d<; <•, i!'s were tiii-tn.'-nous in their op;ii:.'ii tJuifc w-iive ihi,. oveaiout was .!«■<■< K'.:vry. 't he w , w.»rw ' ch;i-kid. and t!i<> r-.u:t was thai larin<irs v.-<i;\) oftv.s'l •; . \\ iien t)ho grain roadied ih» morchants it wa« found wlk .i tlio woignts '.vcti chuckud that it 3 w<u, "coator th n wa,-- .slmwn by ttie railway books. Farias •; w-ero paying la a trnck for ilie.r w iu:ht«, hut he felt sun* t .at they wv.uid lje willing to pay mor<- if they knew t'.K.t tlioy aould deliend oa flte weight.;. Mr Horrioa said '.iiao ho was glad ' that tho complaint, \v;v. not ragani:ng ■ tho of trucks. With r®gai\l to ■ the iniuxninKy of f!,-■ v.-e'ghts he pointid <;tit that the T>. ;> i: ii" lit onljr weighed for its own purposes at.d dia not go down to lxumds ori-ven 1 mndrodweights. For the foe of 1h the Dcpart-meait gave bt<» w< L.- hte to ar.--- fi-rnirr or morenant but in. d'oiag so It did not guarantee their axnuracjy. Ii tin.re wore a difficulty if would best be overcome by thoM int<'rested consulting tho traffic mani