PACKAGES READY FOR SALE
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT. NEW REGULATIONS APPLY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, May 21. In future all goods sold in packages, including sugar, flour, rice etc., made up for sale during rush periods, will have to conform to the provisions of the Weights and Measures Act in reference to the marking of the net weight on the goods sold retail in a package. This 'was the effect of an announcement by the Minister of Labour, Mr. A. Hamilton, to-day. The Minister said that a number of cases had been discovered recently of abuses of privilege, whereby it was not necessary for the weight to be marked. The new arrangement would not apply to certain goods specially exempt by regulations.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 May 1934, Page 7
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