PILLAGED WHISKY
LOSS TO CHRISTCHURCH
Thirty pillaged cases in a consignment of whisky were discovered by representatives of Christchurch wine and spirit merchants at the D goods shed at the Christchurch railway yards yesterday, when they were checking over a shipment delivered from Britain a few days ago.
Originally each of the cases contained twelve quart bottles of whisky and each had been completely emptied of its contents, the loss amounting to 360 bottles.
A representative of one of the firms affected by the loss said it was evident that the pillaging had taken place on board the ship, and probably while the vessel -was at sea. The casas had been opened and then nailed down again, after the bottles had been taken out. The check had not yet been completed. It was feared that still more empty cases would be discovered. It was the worst example of pillaging he had come across in thirty years.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1941, Page 11
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156PILLAGED WHISKY Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1941, Page 11
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