A Patea baker has been fined £2O and costs for selling bread short of weight. The Magistrate said tho case was a bad
one. Eighteen months or two years ago the defendant was fined £25. For the last three months defendant had known the bread was short weight, and yet had not taken steps to have it brought up to full weight. People must not be--'allowed to-sell short weight bread. If a defective oven was used more flour must be added.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3414, 20 August 1919, Page 28
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