ALLEGED THEFT OF SECRET RADAR GEAR
YOUNG AIRMAN FOR TRIAL WELLINGTON, March 28. Rad'ar equipment was among the collection of electrical apparatus produced in the Magistrate's Court when Donald George Lawson, aged 20, airman and radio serviceman, was charged with stealing £565 worth of property from the Air Department, at Ohakea, between August, 1944, and February, 1946; electrical gear valued at £49 19s, and property of persons unknown; and electrical equipment valued at £3 2s from the National Electric and Engineering Company. Lawson pleaded not guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Bail was fixed at £50, with one surety of £50. Evidence for the prosecution included"the stateinent that some of the radar equipment concerned was still on the secret list.
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Chronicle (Levin), 28 March 1946, Page 4
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