CARGO THIEVES
WORLD-WIDE DEPREDATIONS. AUSTRALIAN FIRMS’ LOSSES. (By Telegraph.—Press Assu. —Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, May 8. In connection with the cabled advice of the prevalence of cargo-thieving in New Zealand as a result of world-wide enterprise, it is stated that the annual loss in Sydney through this cause amounts to £IOO,OOO. One firm alone has lost £15,000 during the past six months. While in some instances wharf labourers in Sydney proved to be the pilferers, in many others the cases opened were found to contain brick,s which analysis proved to be of foreign origin. The American Consul is moving in the direction of remedying the evil before the cargo leaves America but he favours the theory that the pillaging is done at intermediate ports.
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Southland Times, Issue 18817, 10 May 1920, Page 5
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127CARGO THIEVES Southland Times, Issue 18817, 10 May 1920, Page 5
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