Parcel Forfeited

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 October 1948, Page 6

Parcel Forfeited

A parcel of gift goods sent by a New Zealand soldier in Japan to a relative in Taranaki was declared to be forfeit in the Magistrate’s Court at New Plymouth yesterday because it was sent in a manner which might have deceived the Customs Department as to its contents, The sender of the parcel wds Private A. A. Mortland and the addressee was his aunt, Mrs P. A. Petty, of Pihama. The list of what the parcel purported to contain was given as silk valued at 20s, stockings Bs, and ornaments 20s, whereas it contained two pieces of silk, two pairs of stockings, 48 strings of pearls, and 17 pearl bracelets. Mrs Petty, it was stated, had taken only a passive part in th’e matter. She had no knowledge that the parcel was being sent to her.—(P.A.)

Dust Storms in N.S.W. ■- rA blanket- of dust which settled on Sydney ( today comes from the. worst dust storms known in recent years in some.parts of New South Wales. The high winds which drove the dust to Sydney also caused a floating workshop, landing craft, and several launches io go ashore in the harbour. Mascot aerodrome was forced to close, for three hours. The dust storms were described by one citizen as “part of the outback blowing out to sea.”. The wind was warm and teriiperatures have been just under 70. The dust pall is not expected to clear until tomorrow:—Sydney, October 11.