THEFT BY RAILWAY EMPLOYEES

Southland Times, Issue 24868, 7 October 1942, Page 3

THEFT BY RAILWAY EMPLOYEES

(P.A.) DUNEDIN, October 6. . “Men in the service of the Railways 1 Department are custodians of the goods that pass through their hands and are in honour bound to deal honestly with those goods,” said Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M., when imposing a sentence of six ' weeks’ imprisonment on three railway r employees who pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court today to the theft of a crate containing two dozen bottles of beer. The accused were John Leonard Lippert, aged 26, porter, John Eric Lav- . ender, aged 30, porter, and William I Stewart Smith, aged 37, shunter. The i police said complaints were continually being received about the theft of goods consigned by rail and the offences were extremely difficult to trace. WASTE PAPER DEPOT Last week 31 bales and nine sacks of paper were sent to the Mataura mills from the waste paper depot in Esk street. The weight of the consignment was 5 tons 12 cwt. The bags contained photograph mountings which had lain for many years in a city shop. They were of good quality, but old-fashioned, and hence the decision to send them ot the paper mills. Good supplies of papei’ continue to be received at the depot, but more volunteer workers, both men and women, are required. Some of the women who have volunteered are not able to attend regularly, and at times work at the depot is delayed by the small attendance of sorters. Use can therefore be found for the services of more volunteers.