CUSTOMS ENQUIRY.
The. collector of Customs (Mr. P. Whitton) held an enquiry at the Customs House, Melbourne, last week (says, the Sydney Shipping List) into an alleged contravention of the Commerce Act. The information presented by officers of tho department was that on 20th February a consignment of rabbits had been shipped by Messrs. Anglks and Co., without a notice of intention to export having been lodged prior to the departure of the ship, as required by the commerce regulations, and that at the time of shipment no permit had been produced. The consignment amounted to 496 crates of rabbits. Evidence having been given by inspectors of the department, Mr. W. Angliss explained that there was undoubtedly a mistake made, in the neglect to lodge notice of intention to ship the consignment, though a Customs permit had been obtained in 1 the proper way, and the rabbits had been signed for as hard frozen at the ship. The mistake was due to an unusual rush of business at the time. Mr. Whitton has forwarded a recommendation upon tho matter to the Minister for Customs (Mr. Jensen), by whom a decision will bo made.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 10
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