ADDED WATER.
MILK VENDORS FINED. £6O FINE FOR ONE MAN. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 24. Four dairymen were fined a total of £l3O in the Police Court to-day for selling milk containing added water. George I). Bates, on two charges relating to 39 per cent, and 35 per cent, added water, was fined £3O on each charge. Bates alleged that someone must have tampered with the milk cans and put water in. He said he could not pay the fine. It would send him bankrupt. The magistrate, Mr. Poynton, said if the defendant thought the fine too heavy he could apply to the Minister. The public most be protected. It was Ihe little children who suffered and it was on this sustenance that life and death often depended. Henry John Miller admitted four charges relating to JO, 9, 8 and 7 per cent, added water. His only explanation was that the cooler had been leaking. Mr. Poynton: It has been a very profitable cooler. I have heard the story too often. The magistrate imposed a fine of £lO on each of the four charges. George Mitchell, for 18 per cent, added water, was lined £2O and Charles Wilson, 9 per cent., £lO.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19367, 25 July 1925, Page 5
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203ADDED WATER. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19367, 25 July 1925, Page 5
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