MAIL BAGS ROBBED
ABOUT 100 TAMPERED WITH. DISCOVERY IN LONDON. AMERICAN PACKAGES AFFECTED. (.United Press Association —By Electric Telegrapn Copyright.) (.Australian Press Association.) Received 10.5 a.m. to-day. LONDON, June 24.
What is believed to be the greatest mailbag robbery in history was discovered at London, when the American i mail by the steamer Leviathan was being sorted. Though the seals were intact, registered letters and packages were found out and rifled. About cue hundred out of 3253 bags had been tampered with. The amount involvedcan not be ascertained until the losses have been reported.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 25 June 1928, Page 7
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94MAIL BAGS ROBBED Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 25 June 1928, Page 7
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