SHORT-WEIGHT COAL.
CHRISTCHURCH PROSECUTIONS,
By Telearanh. —Press 'Sssoclation CimiSTCHURCII, Wednesday.
, Charges were laid in the Magistrate's Court to-day under the new regulations framed to protect the public against short-weight coal. J. J. Purdic pleaded guilty to selling coal other than by weight. The inspector said he did not ask lor a fine- The cases had been brought under the new regulations for the first time in Christchurch.
The Magistrate said it was not generally known that wood, coal and coke must be sold by weight and not, by the sack. Defendant was ordered to pay cosls.
A Harding pleaded not guilty to selling coal short of the quantity purported to in' sold, and to conveying coal on a vehicle ,wll.h the weight, stated less than the weighl of coal. Counsel for defendant said the weight of the sacks must be taken into account, and there was no evidence as to how much was weighed. The coal was on the vehicle, but it would not he in motion, so it could not he said that the coal was being conveyed. Defendant was convicted and ordered to pay costs.
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Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 15309, 9 August 1923, Page 5
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