PILLAGING OF CARGO
(F.A.) DUNEDIN, August 26. Supporting the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce in urging severer penalties for pillaging, the Dunedin Chamber cites local losses during recen< weeks. In hosiery, drapery, footwear a. id overcoats three firms lost £597. In a further instance of a case sealed by the Customs Department and transhipped to Dunedin, 20 pairs of gloves valued at 15/- a pair were abstracted. Wharf workers refused to handle the case because it had been opened and it was later found that a further 90 pairs had been pillaged.
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Southland Times, Issue 24833, 27 August 1942, Page 4
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91PILLAGING OF CARGO Southland Times, Issue 24833, 27 August 1942, Page 4
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