WOMAN IN MAIL-BAG
Press Assh.
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CAPE TOWN, Ap'rii 25.A vltoman was found in a ihaii-bag addre'ssed to "J. C. SmutsF' in Londoii, at' Palmifetfontein airpoft, Gerhlistbn, early todhy, shdrtly before a maii-plaiie' tb'dk off for Lon'ddn. The womhn . \kas" dise'over'ed wlien police, ehtering thfe plane ih the small hours, found a hdtive tying hp the bag. The wo'inan, whb was 45, said sie wafiife'd to go' tb Lohdoh for hiedical treatmeht. Shfe had luggate and blankets, and intended td vacat'e the bag after the take-off. She said she had pai'd the native to carry her td the plane. It is believed that stie cah o'ifly be charged with being in un^awfui p'dssfessidn of a mail-bag. Soon after being locked up in the. airport office, the native, who wasy: arrestfed, broke a window and escdped.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 April 1946, Page 5
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137WOMAN IN MAIL-BAG Chronicle (Levin), 27 April 1946, Page 5
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