PILLAGING CARGO.
•CWEXTY PAIRS OF SHOES MISSING.
A "?tar"' representative was called | *n to a boot establishment to-day to pee the e\teiir to wliieh thert of cargo is carried out. He was shown two cases | of boots, and in spite oi the fact that j the usual wire 'binding was round, the pillagers had managed to abstract no less than 20 pairs of ladies' shoes. The landed <ost per pair was stated to be. alwut 30/- Evidently the thieves wanted the shoes only, as ladies boots had been taken out of cardboard boxes and thrown together in the bn-ttovn of one case. The cases were imported from Cincinnati, and had - to travel by rail from Xew York heiore being shipped for Auckland. As it was summer time when the cases left New York it is thought that the fact that only shoes were taken points to the robbery having been committed over there- In the hurry two odd <hoete were taken, which will not be of much use to the pre: ? ent possessor.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 190, 12 August 1919, Page 11
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173PILLAGING CARGO. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 190, 12 August 1919, Page 11
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