SALES ON THE WHARVES
Comments made yesterday by the Chief Justice- regarding the practice that has apparently grown up of buying goods on the wharves draw attention to the need for action on the part of the authorities. The wharves are not the place for the sale of goods but for their transit into the normal channels of trade. As the Chief Justice pointed out, when persons endeavour to sell goods in that way, at a price below their market value, the inference is that they have either been obtained dishonestly or that the vender has failed to pay Customs dues on them. "The practice of making purchases in the way the evidence would show- they are made pn wharves and ships seems to me a direct encouragement to crime," said Sir Michael Myers. This is a serious statement and one that the authorities cannot afford to disregard. If there are defects in the machinery for dealing with the problem—and there has been sufficient information to show that it is- a serious one—there should be no hesitation in tightening up the law. The Chief Justice has suggested that the practice of making purchases on the wharves should be prohibited by legislation under severe penalties. This would certainly be helpful in considerably restricting the market for the disposal of goods.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 33, 9 February 1943, Page 4
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SALES ON THE WHARVES
Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 33, 9 February 1943, Page 4
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