PETROL REBATES
SUPREAIE COURT CASE
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Oct. 29.
A series of charges against four men of conspiracy to defraud the Government bv obtaining rebates to which it was alleged they were not entitled on petrol used on fishing launches was investigated before Air Justice Herdman in the Supreme Court to-day. The men was Charles Joseph de Luca, aged 37, a grocer; Raymond Brunton, aged 27, a fisherman ; John Buchan, aged 51, a labourer; and Leslie Collier Buchan, aged 22, a storeman. Against de Luca there were two charges of false pretences and five of conspiring to obtain money by deceit; against Brunton one of conspiring, and against each of the Buchans two of conspiring.
The Crown Prosecutor, Mr Aleredith, said that when the petrol tax was imposed provision was made for a refund users of petrol for motor fishing boats. The allegation was that fraud had been going on, with de Luca as principal, to obtain excessive refunds for these fishermen. The case was adjourned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 285, 30 October 1934, Page 2
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168PETROL REBATES Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 285, 30 October 1934, Page 2
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