ILLEGAL PETROL SALES.
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:Ca>f Telegraph.—Owa Correspondent.) ~ ROTORUA, thie day. . Tfc* sale of petrol to unlicensed ■attoristebetween November 4 and 30 w«* the basis of m charge preferred aa*ia*t Stanley Guy Morton, of Tnrangi, hv'tae police, before Mr. S. L/Paterson, ftlC, yesterday. It was alleged by Defective White that defendant wan the wirier '.■'of;■■ a garage and had failed' to account for 534 gallons, presumably sold to persona not holding licensee under the [:*JI -fw-rigUlatfeßfc-vA- / '':.l'W'i ■'■;.■. -''-.:•■ ' Morton pleaded guilty, stating that record* had not been properly kept by Uμ Ban la charge. The natter, he aaid. ha* now been rectified and all his acoouits were perfectly correct. The Magistrate remarked that reralatioae laid dew* i* the interests of the country meant be obwurved aid etaatfalpeaaKiea would be inflicted for iwdjfceivv '- , '-' " " ,; -' Defendant was convicted and "fned £10, with 16/ Met*. ; / ;
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 50, 28 February 1940, Page 10
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