WHAT IS FLANNEL.
Argument as to what constitutes flannel ensued in the BaUaiat City Court last week, wfien James Tyler and Co. were charged with having exposed for sale an undershM "composed of a textile material containing wool and cotton, to which a false trade description was applied." The Inepector stated that he purchased at defendant's shop an article marked •'flannel unJersl irt," which on analysis was found to contain 3'per cent of wool and 97 per cent of cotton. James Tyier stated that he had been, in (the business for over forty years, and in the trade the article was classed as flannel. If there was 1 per cent wool it woulS be d«sctibed as "flannel. A fine of £20, with £4 19s 6d costs, was imposed. Cowdell Tenner, and Ellis were charged in relation to the sale of "wool, colonial flannel." In this case the analysis showed 50.6 per cent wool and 49.4 per cent cotton. The defence was that the material was described in accordance with trade usage. A fine of £20, with £4 19s 6d costs . was inflicted.
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Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18384, 4 July 1917, Page 2
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182WHAT IS FLANNEL. Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18384, 4 July 1917, Page 2
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