BLANKETS ON TRANSPORT.
IMPROPER WASHING ALLEGED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. At the Magistrate's Court, before Mr. McCarthy, S.M., the Highbury Laundry Company was charged with a breach of the War Regulations by breaking a contract to wash military blankets sent from the troopship Pakeha. Mr. Raymond, K.C., prosecuted. William Solomon, a returned soldier, who had been temporarily employed by the defendant company, gave evidence that the manager of the company told liim to keep his mouth shut to outsiders as to what took place in the laundry, as there were tricks in all trades. He was then put oil to fold and hang the Pakeha's blankets. Only the dirtiest of blankets were washed, and, under the manager's directions, he and another returned soldier folded the dirty ones inside out. Almost 4000 blankets were sent back to the Pakeha in that condition. Another witness stated the blankets •Were subsequently washed in Wellington. The Magistrate reserved his decision. The case against Street, the manager of the laundry, will be heard to-morrow.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 November 1919, Page 7
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171BLANKETS ON TRANSPORT. Taranaki Daily News, 5 November 1919, Page 7
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