When the manager of the shop said that Mrs. Lewis bought a packet of vermicelli at a later date, the Judge said, "She seems to be a vermicelli fan."
Mr. Neve said the defence was that the vermicelli could not have been bought from Mercer's at all The only packets they stocked at that time were of a different size and shape from the one produced by Mrs. Lewis. Alternatively, the defence was thatNf she did get the packet she had not as a result, sustained the illness of which she complained.
An analyst said that he could find no trace of maggots having been in the packet he was shown, Giving judgment for the defendants the Judge said that he was in no way satisfied that the offensive vermicelli was bought at Messrs, Mercer's Tut Min ihe new y of Economics, Ministry which has recently been formed by the National Government through the amalgamation oí the former Ministry of Industries, the National Reconstruction Committee and the National Economic Council has decided to open in Canton a general office for the sales of native products abroad, state local advices to the "Ta Wan Pao."
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