DOCK THIEVES.
Ai ji!l periods of iln‘ vein- a considerable amount. < i' | A!i'< i iii<' goes'■on round about our (jock,, ;■ ltd ihe way in which flic petty tliicvr.' \vh:> limy be termed “dock-rats," .set to \u.rk w Vr.i I tor interesting (says a London paper)- . , • W'eeu ,-I'ips coma ironi anrotul, these “dork lilts’’ know by esperienee wlmt kind of i-irr ••> is worth i near ing t heir attention. 'Dice %'iieniilv )ui-e open part of tint cover to tile ease from win. :: to w- intend In •■steak taking -a, "I m br. :k top wooden boards, and c.fter mdraetn.Ta p.-rcon ol Urn contents, till n|. ibe empty ;i-a< -■ ' with waste pa pel* V.ds done and tie- tea I eiscovereo 1 , an- rhino for shortage put to, the steamer or the dock company will ptoi ;,l,|y be refused, '.specially d the wire U- .ainnMe. and the loss will have to he Jiorne ;\v the owners of the m ,<| ds. . . To protect goods Ironi I'HtcM’": .mine pneploinivi' their ce-es wired am! ■"‘“■'•in or ji,lih-d with -ypeeial patent (asb ne.v. so mat the cases cannot be broken no ■ ■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1744, 19 February 1920, Page 6
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184DOCK THIEVES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1744, 19 February 1920, Page 6
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