A POSTAL NOTE
INTENDED FOR AUSTRALIAN CONSULTATION BREACH OF FINANCE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS [Per United Press Association.] INVERCARGILL, August 27. The first case of its kind in Southland was heard by Mr Abernethy, S.M., when William Francis Keane was charged under the Finance Emergency Regulations with unlawfully sending money out of the country. The police stated that the defendant sent a postal note for five shillings and sixpence to an Australian consultation. This was returned to him by the censor, hut he then sent the same note to a friend in Melbourne. Unluckily for the defendant the letter w r as opened by the Australian censor, and the postal note was found. Replying to the magistrate, the defendant said he did not realise he was committing an offence. Mr Abernethy pointed out that the maximum penalty for an offence under the regulations was a fine of £2OO or a year’s imprisonment. If many cases of’this nature came before the court he would have no hesitation in inflicting a severe fine, even imprisonment. The defendant was convicted and fined £2.
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Evening Star, Issue 23665, 27 August 1940, Page 8
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178A POSTAL NOTE Evening Star, Issue 23665, 27 August 1940, Page 8
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