PETTY THEFTS
WIDESPREAD EPIDEMIC IN BRITAIN. (British Official Wireless.) 1 RUGBY, February 21. An epidemic of petty theft has been rife throughout Britain since the outbreak of the war, says the “Sunday Express.” Thieves pilfered commodities in short supply worth £2,000,000. Railway companies report that goods worth £1,000,000 were pilfered in a year. Since rationing, thousands of tons of meat, sugar, tea, butter and milk have been stolen from docks.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 February 1942, Page 5
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70PETTY THEFTS Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 February 1942, Page 5
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