TO DEFRAUD CUSTOMERS.
AN INGENIOUS PROPOSAL
FROM AN INDIAN SOURCE.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, June 23.
A statement recently, appeared in the press that a British firm had suggested to a Dunedin business man an ingenious method by. which the Customs authorities could be defrauded by under-stating the value of goods imported on the cash or delivery basisInvestigating the matter, Mr Lambie, British Deputy Trade Commissioner, has ascertained the document in question was not signed, and was a printed circular from an Indian firm, and that the occurrence does not therefore reflect adversely upon the high standard of commercial morality maintained by British manufacturers and exporters.
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Thames Star, Volume LXII, Issue 17397, 23 June 1928, Page 5
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106TO DEFRAUD CUSTOMERS. Thames Star, Volume LXII, Issue 17397, 23 June 1928, Page 5
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