CARGO PILFERERS.
THEIR YEARLY HAULS. GOOD ADVICE FROM JUDGE. (Received 2.30 p.m.) BRISBANE, this day. Mr. Justice Lukiu, commenting in the Supreme Court on the prevalence of cargo pilfering, said that in one year in the Commonwealth £380,000 worth of goods had been stolen, of which Queensland's share was £56,000. These thefts necessitated higher selling prices for goods sold to the pnblic. He wondered why the honest majority of workers did not exercise some sort of reign of terror over the thieves. He sentenced one man to three, years' gaol for stealing goods, and another to one year's gaol for receiving.— (A. and X.Z. Cable.;
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 171, 21 July 1924, Page 5
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105CARGO PILFERERS. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 171, 21 July 1924, Page 5
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