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ARMY CLOTHING SCANDAL.

A BIG FIRM CONDEMNED

LONDON, September 18

■ lii: the clothing case, Montague.has been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. ' ' ■ ' ■

A witness stated that out of 100,000 badly-made pairs of trousers, only 100 were rejected. H. H. Soar and Company paid him £5, and also a half-penny-for each, pair passed.

The jury expressed the severest censure upon Soar and Company, and Mr Justice Low added that it was a great pity that they were unable to punish them.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19160920.2.27.2

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3559, 20 September 1916, Page 6

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79

ARMY CLOTHING SCANDAL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3559, 20 September 1916, Page 6

ARMY CLOTHING SCANDAL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3559, 20 September 1916, Page 6

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