ARREST OF SOLDIER
Stolen Clothing Coupons
LONDON, September 20. Lieut. E. G. Savage, of the R.A.S.C., was remanded on a charge of haling stolen 1495 clothing coupons, representing about 5,000,000 clothing units, from a London depot. He was also charged with receiving property knowing it to have been stolen.
It was learnt in London on te "' b n ° n r 0 ,,A that the police were hunting for 7,000 000 stolen clothing coupons, lhe tl ett was made from an Army s ore in south-west Loudon, It was the biggest o£ its ever known. The coupons were not marked in any special way, and could be used anywhere by anyone. The Board of Trade invalidated all fi'eunit clothing coupons in consequence or the theft, and officials of the Board or Trade admitted that if special investigators, Including Scotland Yard detectives, had failed in a nation-wide hunt for tlie coupons, the whole clothing rationing scheme would have been dislocated.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19430922.2.53
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 307, 22 September 1943, Page 7
Word Count
158ARREST OF SOLDIER Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 307, 22 September 1943, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.