RAILWAY THEFTS
N.S.W.’S HEAVY LOSS audacious" METHODS (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (9 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dee. 8. ' Highly organised gangs having detailed information of train times and the nature of goods in transit are engaged in widespread thefts from New South Wales railways. This was disclosed in the Legislative Assembly by the State Minister for Transport. Mr. M. O’Sullivan, speaking on the bill to facilitate the identification of stolen goods and provide more severe penalties for illegal trespass on railway premises. The Trucks and Carriages Bill passed all stages. Mr O'Sullivan disclosed that since 1938'the New South Wales railways commissioner had paid out £319,000 in compensation for goods stolen or damaged while in transit by rail, including £128,000 this year as against £70,000 last year. These figures did not by anv means represent the total value ot goods damaged or stolen m that period. The common practice was for a member of the gang to ride on Hie train, select suitable articles, and throw the goods from the tram ro waiting confederates. The use o covered vans had been tried to beat the thieves, but had served only to attract attention to valuable goods.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21582, 8 December 1944, Page 8
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