LOST LUGGAGE.
MUSIC HALL MANAGER'S RUSE. By Tel«eraph-Pross Assoeiation-Oopyrinht "'Times"—Sydney ''Sun''SpecialCables. Romo, February 1. Cresus Boasquet, a music hall manager, obtained special trunks filled with sand and pasted on them labels for different destinations, and a confederate made; a declaration that the baggage contained valuable theatrical property. Several railway employees wero parties to tho conspiracy. They removed the trunks at, junctions, during the journey, affixing falso duplicate numbers corresponding with tho receipt numbers. The police discovered the trickery. Tho railways have paid indemnities for lost luggage, at tho rate of £80,000 a year.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1974, 3 February 1914, Page 7
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93LOST LUGGAGE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1974, 3 February 1914, Page 7
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