There is at least one Wellington master baker who has a very poor opinion of the collective acumen of the Arbitration Court. On being haled before the Magistrate’s Court for a breach of the law in regard to light-weight bread, the baker referred to professed bis delight to be before an intelligent tribunal. “ I’d rather be in your hands,” he told the Justices, “than in the Arbitration Court. Here I will get a sane hearing: there I have no chance!” After the defendant’s blandishments the Bench omitted to fine him for the mote serious charge against- him, although they entered up a conviction.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1523, 28 February 1901, Page 13
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