AUSTRALIANS MOVE TO CHECK PILLAGING
(Rec. 9 aim.) MELBOURNE, Aug. 13
The formation of special squads of civil police at all ports to check looting and pillaging of cargoes on the wharves has been approved by the Federal Cabinet.. The squads will be formed from specially-selected officers of the State police forces. The action by Cabinet followed consideration of a report which disclosed an alarming state of affairs regarding pillaging.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 39, 14 August 1942, Page 5
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70AUSTRALIANS MOVE TO CHECK PILLAGING Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 39, 14 August 1942, Page 5
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