Firm’s Breach of Price Stabilisation
WELLINGTON, Nov. 1. Convictions were entered against Stewart Hardware and Tools, Ltd. on two charges of breaches of the Price Stabilisation Emergency. Regulations by the magistrate, Mr J. H. Luxford. The Arm was fined £lO on one charge relating to the sale of solder, to which it pleaded not guilty. The firm raised the point that solder sold at September 1, 1939, at 2/6 contained Impurities not present in that subsequently sold at 3/-, but the magistrate ruled that this was quite irrevalent, it being abundantly clear that the firm was wilting to sell 60-50 solder at 2/6 on the date mentioned, which was all the court required to prove. The other offence, which was admitted, related to the sale of a wrench, > -
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 270, 2 November 1940, Page 7
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128Firm’s Breach of Price Stabilisation Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 270, 2 November 1940, Page 7
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