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Show Conipaii)- Fined. The Gas Light and Coko company, op- ' ernting ir, London, has been fined 100, with costs, for a deficit o' one candle power in the illuminating power of the company's gas during a foggy period. The London Star says: "One candle power means one-sixteenth of t he standard stand-ard illuminating power, and the cost of adding that additional power over the whole of tho area supplied by the company com-pany would bo a good many times I'lOO. As in tho case of adulteration of food, a money fine is a mere farcical punishment fur offenses of this kind unless inflicted BfU'U and heu.ilv." , |