BROACHING CARGO.
LUMPERS CAUGHT IN THE A'CT.
By Telegraph—Press Association—
Wellington, iast night. Early this morning cue of the city detectives, dressed as a fiiemao, hid himsell in one of tho holds of the steamer Paparoa, which is discharging London cargo at the Queen’s Wharf. From behind shelter he watched the lumpers working among the cargo for a few hours. I Then five of them tipped the boards off two casos, and secreted about £lO worth of miseeilaoeous goods about their clothing. They were promptly marched off to the police cells with Che stolen in their possession. They will appear belore tho magistrate to-morrow. Cargo broaching is very rife at this port, and is very difficult to detect.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XII, Issue 1084, 30 December 1903, Page 3
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