BREAD UNDER WEIGHT.
EFFECT OF THE WEATHER. MAGISTRATE IMPOSES FINE. [BY TELEGRAM.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WAIIII. Thursday. A charge of having sold underweight bread was admitted by Rose Lilian Ford, who appeared before Mr. F. W. Platts, S.M., in the Waihi Magistrate's Court today. The inspector of weights and measures, Mr. F. Wilson, said the loaves which were weighed were, on the average, '1 per cent, short. lie had never previously had trouble, with the defendant. Mr. F. C. V. Clark, for Mrs, Ford, said the exceptionally cold wind and peculiar climatic conditions on the day on which the ioaves had been cooked made it necessary for them to be kept iri the oven for nearly an hour moro than was generally the case, with tho result that tnero was a much greater loss of moisture. Evidence to this effect was given by the man who baked the broad. Stating that he would accept the explanation, tho magistrate imposed a fine of il6 and costs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20075, 12 October 1928, Page 16
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