SHORT WEIGHT TEA
MERCHANT FINED. (Per United Press Association). AUCKLAND, April 27. A tear merchant, Cyril Augustus Paque, who had carried on business under the name of the Person Trading Company, pleaded guilty to having sold tea bearing a false statement, “jib nett” purporting to indicate the weight of tea. It was stated that of twelve packets weighed by an expert the net shortage in weight was found to be 7oz 14drs. It had also been ascertained that no less than 112 packets did not contain the correct weight. In a letter the defendant stated that the under-weight packages had been made up by an assistant who was ill and this was the probable explanation. It had not been done knowingly. Defendant who was present, asked the Magistrate to take a lenient view of the case. He had not offended wittingly and new scales were being procured. Poor people buy these small packages, observed His Worship, and I think there must have been something very wrong with defendant’s conduct of the business if he did not know that, short weight packets were being made up. It was only a small business and it would have been easy to keep in touch with things and to see that there was no shortweight. I will impose a substantial penalty of £25.
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Southland Times, Issue 18927, 28 April 1923, Page 5
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219SHORT WEIGHT TEA Southland Times, Issue 18927, 28 April 1923, Page 5
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