CARGO PILFERING.
PREVALENCE IN AUSTRALIA. HOW THE PUBLIC PAYS. Received July 21, 11.45 a.m. BRISBANE, July 21, Mr Justice Lukin, commenting in the Supreme Court on the prevalence of cargo pilfering, said that in one year in the Commonwealth £386,000 worth of goods had been stolen, of which Queensland's share was £56,000. These thefts necessitated higher selling prices for tho goods sold to the public. He wondered why the honest majority of the workers did not exercise some sort of reign of terror over the thieves. He sentenced one man to three years gaol for stealing goods and another to one year’s gaol for receiving.—Press Association.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1073, 21 July 1924, Page 5
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106CARGO PILFERING. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1073, 21 July 1924, Page 5
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