CARGO PILLAGING
d T— l was surprised to read of the wmkp« , Iby the waterside waMrfrr, ho . d , up all work on the nar^»F Ont °” Monda y. in protest apparently, against the method adopted «rml??o„ pollce In trying to det ect the fj thL g crlme O 1 Pilfering. I notice Of a Tu e lss ?. e „„ reports o£ the theft ? 300 worth of bab ‘es’ clothing Of tea from another ship, and f blankets. It would be interesting some suggestions from the watersiders on the. best way to detect pi 1 ®®,?"?- w ° uld .they object to being searched on leaving the docks, as is etc practlce in some Ports?—Yours,
July 12, 1947. COMMON SENSE - [This letter was submitted to Mr J. Flood secretary of the Lyttelton Branch of the Waterside Workers’ union who said he had no comment to make on an anonymous letter.]
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25240, 19 July 1947, Page 3
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