CARGO PILLAGING
CANTERBURY LOSSES Further lists of stolen shin-borne merchandise have been supplied by firms to the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association. Some of the items are: 168 shirts from a single parcel, 475 table-cloths and 324 table napkins, 197.| yards of fabric, 167 yards of satin, and other quantities of material almost as substantial. The (secretary to the association, Mr. R. T. Alston, said two firms had recently supplied returns of claims made ' for pillaged goods. Both covered the period from the beginning of September, since when such thefts appeared to have been on the increase.
The 168 shirts were taken from a parcel which had been well wrapped and double-corded, and the ends of which ihad been sealed with gummed paper tape. The total value of the stolen material was £405 10s. The cases were being reported to the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Federation, which would make representations to the Government.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21260, 24 November 1943, Page 2
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150CARGO PILLAGING Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21260, 24 November 1943, Page 2
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