Interesting to Whisky Drinkers.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 11972, 15 September 1906, Page 5

Interesting to Whisky Drinkers.

WELLINGTON, September 14. At the Magistrate's Court to-day Margaret Blyth, Thos. Clapham, and Edward Fitzgerald, the licensees of separate hotels, were charged with having applied a false trade description to whisky contained in bottles and sold by them. Counsel for the police stated that the information had been laid to test whether it was admissible for publicans to fill up empty case whisky bottles with draught whisky and sell it as of the brand appearing on the bottles. The whisky, purporting to be of two well-known brands, had been purchased, but when analysed it was shown to differ materially from the standard.' Counsel for the defence submitted that the Act had no application to putting liquor in bottles ana selling it in nips over the counter; it only applied to full bottles. Counsel for the police said that one object of the prosecution was to show the trade that this practice must stop. The Magistrate reserved his decision.