HOME COOKING FOR SALE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22142, 22 June 1935, Page 15

HOME COOKING FOR SALE

BREACH OF BY-LAW NOVEL WELLINGTON CASE The requirements of the city by-laws in regard to the registration of home kitchens, partially used for the purpose of cooking food for sale, were stated in the Magistrate's Court in Wellington when a woman was charged with using an unlicensed bakehouse. The defendant admitted that she had baked some meat pies which were being sold by two boys near the railway station. Mr. A. R. Cooper, who appeared for the City Council, said that when the case first came before the Court some days ago the magistrate had raised a question as to the definition of a bakehouse. There was no definition ijnder the by-laws, but a bakehouse was defined under the Health Act as "any building or place in which bread or pastry or any article of food is baked or prepared for baking f.or sale for human consumption." The magistrate, Mr. W. F. Stilwell, said it would be a matter of interest to people concerned to know that they must register or obtain permits when they did that kind of work with their ordinary domestic appliances. In view of the fact that the prosecution was a somewhat novel and unusual one, for the purpose of bringing the matter under the notice of people who might be interested, the magistrate thought the offence would be met by a conviction and order to pay costs.