STOLEN PAPER-SOLD TO FISH SHOP
IMPRISONMENT FOR THREE MONTHS (P.A.) DUNEDIN, December 16, Admitting a charge of stealing half a ton of waste paper which he removed from the Salvation Army Home and sold to a fish shop kept by a', Chinese, John Cantrick was senteifcedSto- three.* months'-' Imprisonment l
with hard labour in the Magistrate’s Court to-day. The accused had been employed occasionally in sorting paper which was sold for patriotic purposes. The Magistrate (Mr H. W. Bundle) commented adversely on the fact that four different taxi-drivers drove a drunken man with large quantities of paper from the home to the fish shop without making any inquiries. No order was made for restitution of £2 19s. the Magistrate remarking that the Chinese had no right to purchase the paper: in these, circling, .stances. ''
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23514, 17 December 1941, Page 3
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