WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
CONVICTIONS IN HAMILTON. HAMILTON, Fridgy. Two prosecutions under the Weights and Measures Act were heard at Hamilton to-day. A Chinese named Wong Lung, charged with possessing two hanging balances, one weighing one pound and the other two pounds against the customer, declared that the balances were old and that he never used them. Mr Young, S.M.: How do you weigh your vegetables? Wong (smiling blandly): Me never weigh, me always count. . His Worship: What about potatoes? Wong: Me only sell potatoes by the sack. The S.M.: Fined £5 and costs. Baillies. Limited, a well-known firm of chemists, were charged with using five weights unstamped and, under weight. The Inspector of Weights and Measures said he regarded the case in a very •serious light, as the firm was warned over twelve months ago on .two occasions against using these weights. James Baillie, principal of the firm, said the firm had no desire to defraud the public. On learning that the weights were deficient he decided to order a new set from England, but the traveller only visited the Dominion occasionally. He then tried to get a set in New Zealand, but was unable to do so. The Inspector said it was quite possible to get a set in Auckland within a week. A fine of 10 and costs was inflicted.'
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1415, 13 October 1923, Page 5
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