PILLAGED GOODS
CLAIM AGAINST THE RAILWAY, [Pee United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH. May L A claim against the Railway 'Department for tho price of goods which it is alleged wore pillaged between Lyttelton andYbristchurch was beard in the Magistrate's Court to-day. The plaintiffs, Bing, Harris, and Co., claimed £43 Is and duty (£6 16s) on" account of a roll of cloth missing from a ease unloaded at Lyttelton and delivered to plaintiffs. Counsel said that a. claim had been made on the. Railwav Department, but the department refused to recognise it on the ground that there had been no reasonable opportunity lor pillage while the goods were on the railway. The New Zealand Shipping Company .repudiated liability for pillage, having received a clean receipt from the Railway Department. Counsel for the defence urged that tho plaintiff firm be nonsuited, as there was no legal proof that the missing goods were ever in tires case, and that there was no proof that tho pillage occurred on the railway. The magistrate reserved his decision on tiro question of nonsuit. Tho case is proceeding.
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Evening Star, Issue 17956, 1 May 1922, Page 6
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180PILLAGED GOODS Evening Star, Issue 17956, 1 May 1922, Page 6
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