PILLAGING ALUMINIUM.
What apepars to be an extraordinary ease of pillaging has been experienced by the Christchurch firm which has in hand the construction of trailers for the Tramway Board, relates the Press, The firm ordered 64 sheets of aluminium from New York, and the case containing them duly arrived and, as far as outward appearances went, it was intact and showed no signs of having been tampered with. It was opened, but not emptied, on arrival at the firm’s factory, and two or three sheets were lifted up. When, later, the case was emptied, it was found to contain six sheets, all there was to represent a value of about £IOO, the cost of the 64 sheets. Between the sheets —some were on top, and some on the bottom of the case —there was found very carefully packed several fire bricks. These bore two different brands. The bricks were packed with straw, and so nearly approximated the weight: of the missing siieets of aluminium that their presence could not be detected. Exactly where the pillaging occurred, if there was pillaging, is didicult, to determine; the indications rather point to the sheets never having been packed.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1822, 4 May 1918, Page 1
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196PILLAGING ALUMINIUM. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1822, 4 May 1918, Page 1
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