THEFT OF GUNS.
BRICKS AS MAKE-WEIGHT. AN IMPORTER’S LOSS. What would appear to be a serious ease of cargo pilfering has come to light at Palmerston North (reports the Standard). The Hopwood Hardware Cq.., Ltd., recently received a case originally containing' a consignment of guns. . .The weight of the goods did not give rise to- any suspicion, and it was not until the case was opened that the discovery o.f a serious theft was made. On being unpacked it was found that the case, while containing several guns, also held a quantity of bricks, which had been thrown in as a makeweight in place of a number of guns that were missing, presumably stolen. How and where the goods "were pilfered is at present a. mystery, and when the Standard reporter made inquiries of the firm with reference to the matter, the manager, while admitting that the case bad been tampered with as stated, said he could not at present give full details of the occurrence.
The matter has been placed in the hands of the police, who are prosecuting inquiries.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 December 1924, Page 5
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181THEFT OF GUNS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 December 1924, Page 5
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