A BY-LAW CASE.
AUCTIONEER AND MEAT SELLING TPer Press Association.! WELLINGTON, May 10. The question whether auctioneers can sell meat was involved in an action taken by the City Council against'an auctioneer for selling moat without a meat vendor’s license issued bv the council under a. by-law which' aims mainly at preventing any departure from sanitary conditions. .Defendant contended that if the by-law was valid it did not apply to him, defendant being an auctioneer and not a meat vendor, because an a-uctioneer’s license had been issued permitting the holder to sell anything in New Zealand. “ The question arises,” said defending counsel, “ can a by-law prevent a man from selling by auction when a license has been given him by statutory right? ” Decision was reserved.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16423, 11 May 1921, Page 2
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125A BY-LAW CASE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16423, 11 May 1921, Page 2
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