PETROL SALE “RACKET”
AUSTRALIAN SCHEME EXPOSED (Rec. 12.45 p.m.) MELBOURNE, July 15. A huge “racket,” whereby tickets for nearly a million gallons of petrol have been illegally sold and which earned £12,000 for the men who devised the scheme, has been uncovered, Melbourne police allege. , Widespread inquiries by detectives show that bogus consumers’.licences, supported by car registration certificates, which were unlawfully obtained, have been presented at Post .Offices; and ration tickets obtained. They havcKbeen sold mostly at racecourses, at the ratexjf threepence for each gallon the ticket entitled the motorist to buy. ' '’. Postal officials were unable to detect the fraud because' the licences and registration certificates presented were apparently in order. Charges are expected to be laid shortly.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 July 1941, Page 2
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118PETROL SALE “RACKET” Greymouth Evening Star, 15 July 1941, Page 2
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