A DEAL IN WOOLLENS.
FRAUDULENT AGENT TRAPPED (Beceived 10.30 a.m.) LONtfON, April 30. Charles Hease was sentenced to five years each on two charges of obtaining £10,000 and attempting to obtain £50,000 and £60,000 from a woollen merchant by falsely representing that he had secured a contract to purchase from the Government 15,500,000 yards of surplus cloth. The surprising feature wae the disclosure tliat Hcase, who was on friendly terms with several members of the House of Commons, repeatedly used the smoke-rooms, writing-rooms, and diningrooms of the Houses of Lords and Commons for business interviews with other ■vtranaers. The jury added a rider drawing attention to this laxity.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 104, 1 May 1920, Page 7
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112A DEAL IN WOOLLENS. Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 104, 1 May 1920, Page 7
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