GUARANTEE WITH FERTILISERS.
TWO MORE CONVICTIONS. FEILDING, August 13. Before Mr Thomson, S.M.. to-clay t^o firms — Hodder and Tolley, and Bsrraud and Abraham — were proceeded aoai"st for felling- basic slas: of less percentage than the registered analysis. The department's solicitor eaid they did not vish a heavy penalty, but the prosecution v/ae instituted to enable local agents to Hud the source of misleading' information in regard to fertiliser?. The r]e f endß-t*p solicitor sn;d that hi« clients obtained the basic slag through Murray, Robercr, and
Co. from a Scottish firm, who gave a guarantee of the analysis. As soon as the real position had been discovered the lower analysis had been registered. A fine of 10s, with 28s costs, was inflicted in each case.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2840, 19 August 1908, Page 10
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124GUARANTEE WITH FERTILISERS. Otago Witness, Issue 2840, 19 August 1908, Page 10
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