SLOT TELEPHONE FRAUD.
A SERIOUS OFFENCE. (By Telegraph. —• Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. Reserved decision was given by justices of the peace to-day in a case in which two men were charged with trying to defraud the Post and Telegraph Department by making fraudulent use of slot telephones. Defendants, after one conversation, represented to the exchange attendant that they had not got the number required, and in this way obtained four calls for twopence. The bench imposed a fine of 50s each, remarking ■ that the offence was a very serious one.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1370, 22 March 1923, Page 4
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90SLOT TELEPHONE FRAUD. Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1370, 22 March 1923, Page 4
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