PETROL "RACKET"
Tickets For I*ooo,ooo Gallons Sold In Australia j £12,000 TO PROMOTERS Kec. 2 p.m. MELBOURNE, this day.' A huge "racket."' wherebv ticketfor nearly 1.000.000 gallons of petrol have been illegally sold and which earned £12,000 for the men who devised the scheme, has been uncovered in Melbourne, the police allege. Widespread inquiries by detectives show that bogus consumers* licenses supported by car registration certificates, which were unlawfully obtained, have been presented at post offices and ration tickets obtained. They have been sold mostlv at racecourses at the rate of 3d for each gallon. The ticket entitled the motorist to buy petrol. i Postal officials were unable to detect the fraud, because the licenses and registration certificates presented wore apparently in order. iCh.-irtii's ;iro expccti-d t"n b<. , lai<l liurlly.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 165, 15 July 1941, Page 7
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130PETROL "RACKET" Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 165, 15 July 1941, Page 7
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