Watches Pillaged From Mail On Ship
y . ' ' AUCKLAND, Nov. 8. An Auckland consignment of over 100 Swisifmiade watches, insux-ed for £4U(J, -,vas fotmd to be niissing from an insaied pareels niail bag vvhen post oHiee .o.fficials were checkiug the mail un- , loaded from the Shavv, Savill and Albion steamer Waiwera last Friday. J.it is believed tlie vvatclies were pillaged ..yhile in transit to New Zealaml. The mai] froni tlie sliip was uiiloaded it J'rince's wharf on Friday. A Post Pfice checker noticed that tlie seallug o\i tlie insured pareels liag liad been fampeied with and vvlicn tlie contents vyere checked against customs declaraf.ion at the Chief l-'ost Oiiice, it. was fo'und that the watches were missing. The consignment had lieen sent from .Twitzerlaiid and included in .pareels of rnafl -vvheu the Waiwera loaded- at Liverpoo! for New Zeaiand. Insured pareels bags are stowed with ordiiiarv juail qnd are not locked up in tlie ship's Strougrooms like i-egisteied mail and it is believed the theft ina.v have. occui-red during the Idading or while the ship was Ou th'e high seas-' ■ . ' -2
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 November 1948, Page 7
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