CONTRABAND CONTROL
OVER 500.000 TONS DETAINED
[BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.]
(Recd. November 4, 10 a.m.) RUGBY. November 3
The Allied contraband control organisation has now intercepted and detained well over 500,000 tons of contraband suspected of being destined for Germany.
French official figures, published on October 12. announced the seizure up to that date of 150,000 tons.
British figures for the fortnight from October 14 to October 28 show that 63,000 tons were intercepted, which raises the British total for the first eight weeks of the war to over 400,000 tons.
Fuel and petroleum products detained amount to 87,540 tons. This includes 12.000,000 gallons of petrol. By far the greatest percentage of the consignments detained consists of materials directly applicable to military use.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 4 November 1939, Page 7
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