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DEVASTATION SCANDALS. CONTRACTOR’S FRAUD. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PARIS, January 25. Further revelations of the devastation scandals show that a contractor named Frot claimed compensation in connection with the Canal du Nord, in the Lens area, which Frot was constructing in 1914. . Although he received four-fifths of the value of the materials used in the canal before the war, Frot was since allowed an indemnity for the loss of these materials, which he assessed at seven times their pre-war value. Thus Frot got 28 million francs, including 215,000 francs for the cost of drawing ug a statement of claim, though this was done in his own office without expert assistance. Finally Frot rebought the canal material on exceptionally good terms and resold the material for reconstruction purposes. The Ministry of Works has entered an action against Frot.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11738, 28 January 1924, Page 8
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