Re: Help sought to catch copper signal wire thieves

[" Ian" <iansmith@optusnet.com.au>]

"Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@NOSPAMbhp.com> wrote in message
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> "Maurie Daly" <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> <snip>
> > Copper wire is relatively soft,and doesnt make good fencing wire so
> > its unlikely that its local farmers doing this.
> >
> > MD
> >
> It is usually sold to dodgy scrap metal merchants who don't care where it
> comes from. When walking up the Moss Vale line from Farmborough Heights
I've
> noticed that most of the earth bonds from the track to the signal posts
have
> been stolen.

Did you report the situation to the authority?