BOBBING THE RAILWAYS.
SOMIC CI.KVKU KHAUPS. Times-Sydney Sun Cables. Home, February 1. Crcsus Uoasijiiet, a musical manager, obtained special trunks, filled them with sand, and pasted labels on them for dill'crent destinations. A confede.'•a,te made a declaration that the baggage (imtaincd valuable theatrical property. Several railway employees, who were parties to the conspiracy, removed the trunks at junctions during the journey, allixing false duplicate numbers corresponding to those on the receipt. The police discovered the trickery. The railway lias paid indemnities for Jo.it luggage, amounting to £811,1)01) a year.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 184, 3 February 1914, Page 5
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89BOBBING THE RAILWAYS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 184, 3 February 1914, Page 5
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