LIGHT-WEIGHT SCALES
HEAVY-WEIGHT FINES TEA-SELLER IN TROUBLE \\7l L LIA M SMITH’S scales weighed six drams short in the pound. This trifling deficiency cost him £lO in the Police Court to-day. Smith, a tea merchant, pleaded guilty to charges of failing to have his scales verified and of causing them to weigh unjustly. The Labour Department prosecutor said that Smith had attached a piece of lead to the cross-beam of his scales so that they weighed six drams short. It was found that 24 pound packets of sugar were short weight. Smith’s counsel said that the scales were operating unfairly against defendant, so he put the lead in as an adjustment. For tampering with the scales he was fined £lO, and for not having them verified he was fined 10s.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 91, 8 July 1927, Page 13
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