CARGO PILLAGING.
A STRANGE ASSORTMENT.
Peanuts, silk, a pair of old boots, and a box of pig iron! What a fine mixture to import in one case from China! says a Wellington paper.- Needless to say, the firm which received the case did not expect the miscellaneous collection. According to the invoice, the case contained silk, and from outward appearances it did not look as though it had been tampered with. The wire round the case was intact, but, all the same, several pieces of sQk had been stolen. The case was double-lined, and apparently every precaution had been taken to prevent pillaging, all to no purpose- In this particular instance it seems as though the theft must have taken olace in China before the goods were shipped to New Zealand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17846, 29 July 1921, Page 5
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131CARGO PILLAGING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17846, 29 July 1921, Page 5
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