Strait ferry pillaging
(.V.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Oct. 22. The police have been con- i cerned for some months,: about the amount of organ- i ised pillaging from Cook' (Strait ferries, the Wellington < Magistrate’s Court was told < today. It Three men appeared before is Mr K. L. Richardson, S.M., i ■on charges related to the theft of goods worth $1287 from the Railways. One man faced nine .charges of theft of items, in■cluding whisky, two dictaphone machines, a vacuum cleaner, a radio, food, ciga-j rettes, and six steam irons. He pleaded guilty on all I counts. The two other men each J pleaded guilty to three [ charges of receiving. The,) offences occurred during ! August. September. and > October, the Court was told. Detective-Sergeant J. R. :S McGully said that the police 1 ■ had been unable to establish the total amount of goods I r stolen. The three men were re-.i manded on bail. I
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33981, 23 October 1975, Page 18
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