An interesting scene developed in the Magistrate's Coutr on Monday, when, on the information of the Inspector of Weights and Measures (Mr E. Gohns) a Chinaman named Wong Chong, fruiterer, of the Avenue, was charged with using inaccurate scales. The case proceeded much as usual until the informant, producing the scales in court, gave a demonstration of their working. He placed a 1 lb weight in the plate, then placed 12 ounces in the pan wherein goods are placed. The machine naturally weighed short. He then picked the I2oz weight out of the pan. and threw it back into the pan, which again refused to go down. A third tune the weight was put in, but this time in a certain peculiar manner, placing the weight on one side of the pan, whereupon the scale immediately showed a full pound weight. Mr Brotlie, appearing for the defendant, tried to perform the trick, but was unsuccessful, and Mr Gohns explained that he had seen the defendant doing it so often that he had at last "caught the knack." There was no further evidence against the defendant, but the Court remarked that there was no doubt the scales were very inaccurate in the hands of the owner. Such impositions on the public must be stopped. A fine of £5 was imposed. There were no apparent signs as to how the scale, which was confiscated, wove manoeuvcd, but investigations aro now proceeding Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16751, 20 September 1916, Page 4