SOUTH ISLAND.
A Health Loaf. Several Christchurch bakers last week fou'id themselves up against the Statute providing that they must sell full-weigat bread. One defendant pleaded that the short-weight bread bought off his cart was “a health loaf,” and, therefore, exempt from the operation of the -Act. When the last witness for the pros' eiition had given his evidence, the defendant remarked, “This is the last straw. I have been an employer for the last twenty years, and have paid £lB and £l9 a week in wages. I have tried to hold my head up, and do my duty to my fellow-citizens, and a prosecution of this sort comes very hard on me. I pleaded with the Inspector not to take that bread, as it was exempt. It contains special flour, which I practically mill myself. The' ingredients are there, but they are a trade secret.” His appeal was of no avail, and he was asked to pay 20/- and costs.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 15, 13 October 1909, Page 6
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161SOUTH ISLAND. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 15, 13 October 1909, Page 6
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