DANGEROUS CARGO
Wellington, This Day
Eric Arthur Allan, bricklayer, was lined £2 by Mr Stout. S.M.. in the Magisti'ate’s Court, Wellington, for sending lucifer matches for consignment by ship without distinctly marking their natui'e on the outside of the package, and giving written notice of the nature of the goods, and the name and address of the sender, to the master or owner of the ship. The police evidence showed that smoke was seen coming from one of a number of cases on a lorry, and investigation showed that a case containing lucifer matches was burning. The magistrate said that spontaneous combustion might have caused a fire at sea.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 1 February 1943, Page 4
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109DANGEROUS CARGO Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 1 February 1943, Page 4
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