THE MYSTERIES OF THE BUTCHERY BUSINESS.
]BV TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] D?;nedin, Thursday. At the Police Court to-day, six butchers were charged with selling to the Inspector of adulterated food quantities of butcher's meat containing lead and iron, ingredients injurious to health. After tho evidence of one witness for the defense had been taken, the cases were adjourned. This witness was a traveller for a firm of salt merchants, and stated that his firm had supplied a preparation termed American Ball, which was described in the dictionary as a tonic, to ljutchers in this and other He believed all butchers used it, but he did not know what its ingredients were. To the police, witness replied that he had not sold red lead or iron to butchers, hut sage, salt, and pepper.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6822, 28 September 1883, Page 5
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130THE MYSTERIES OF THE BUTCHERY BUSINESS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6822, 28 September 1883, Page 5
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