DOMINION NEWS
SALE OF SHODDY SHOES. Duncdin, May 2. At the Police Court W. Harris and Son, Ltd.. were lined 20s lor selling a pair'of child's shoos that were not marked to show they were only partly leather. A plea. ■or oversight among the large stock was made-. The Magistrate said the shoe was certainly shoddy, hut it was sold at a cheap price. UNLICENSED HADIU SET. Auckland. Mav '■'<■ I„ the Police Court a lad aged 15 was charged by the Government Radio Inspector with having failed to apply for a liccn.se lor a spark transmitting set. The inspector stated that all who failed to apply for licenses, for either receiving or
transmitting sets, wer : . fj h•• prosecuted. The lad was convicted and discharged.
POISON IN METAL POLISH
Auckland, Mav :',
As the result of recent, Supreme Court proceedings regarding t!ie sole of a highly poisonous metal polish known as Avo, K. .1. Hritiaiu, storekeeper, was charged at tin? Police Court with having sold a pernicious preparation containing prussic acid. Senior-Sergeant Rawle stated that the liquid polish had been declared to he deadly poison and vendors had been warned not to sell their stocks. Upon ana P'S is the preparation was found to contain cyanide of polas-
sium and prussic acid. One teaspoonful of tin liquid constituted a fati<l dose. The defence wa.s that notic of the dangerous nature of the polish had not been received by rotadei's who had stocks. A fine of X!2 was inflicted.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 57, 5 May 1924, Page 3
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