PILFERING.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4557, 30 April 1923, Page 4

PILFERING.

PACKING CASES OF NOVEL DESIGN. The Brisbane Chamber of Commerce has given approval to a new device for the prevention of pilferage, the invention of Captain Munro, of Wellington, New Zealand (writes a Sydney correspondent). The matter was considered following advice that the committee of the London Chamber of Commerce appointed to investigate measures for the prevention of pilferage had reported favourably on the device. The Munro wooden packing case is so constructed that its contents cannot be reached without marking the outside of the case in such a way as to be at once visible to the consignee. This is effected by the ingenious methods of strengthening audrivetting the boards of the packing cases and its effective closure by screws which have to be sealed. A reproduction of the seal used by the consignor can be put on the bill of lading, and a consignee receiving the package with the seals intact is assured the safety of its contents. The chairman of the committee announced it to be an excellent device, should the shipping companies consent to give receipts as to the seals being intact. The Munro cases cost very little more than an ordinary packing case, and its value for consigning expensive goods such as silks, jewellery, etc. is obvious. This extra cost is more than compensated for by the fact that the case is not damaged when opened in the orthodox manner, and can be used again.