EXTENSIVE PILLAGING
(Special) WELLINGTON, August 17. "It is very extensive at present," said an executive of a Wellington firm of importers when discussing the pillaging of cargo. “I have knowledge of a case of gloves consigned to a southern firm, which when unloaded in Wellington showed signs of pillage. It was examined and about one and a-half dozen pairs were missing. It was renailed and sent forward to its destination, where it arrived empty." He found that cargo which came direct from the port of loading was less liable to pillage than that which was carried in ships calling at intermediate ports, especially Australian ports. One instance of pillaging recently experienced by his firm related to a case of sheets. It was a 29 cubic foot case, and should have contained a large number. When it was opened in Wellington there were only six sheets left.
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Southland Times, Issue 24825, 18 August 1942, Page 5
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146EXTENSIVE PILLAGING Southland Times, Issue 24825, 18 August 1942, Page 5
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