ALLEGED FRAUD
YOUNG MAN’S ARREST [ Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND, Nov. 1. Gordon Dougall Crawford, a;| d 23, a chemist’s assistant, who some months ago claimed to havp a formula and process for making motor spirit, was arrested in Sydney yesterday on a warrant issued in Auckland. It is alleged that he obtained from an agent of the Now Zealand Petrol Co. Ltd., the sum of £lOO by a false pretence that he was selling to the company a formula and process for manufacturing motor spirit, such process and formula being valueless. A company was formed some months ago and for a brief period there was a boom in its shares.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 413, 3 November 1930, Page 7
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110ALLEGED FRAUD Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 413, 3 November 1930, Page 7
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