CUSTOMS CONTINUES TO MAKE BIG HAUL
Eeceived Thnrsdav, 10 p.m. SYDXL'Y, Jan. 30. Jewellery and diamoitds worth thourands of pounds have been sei/.ed by ihe ('u tonis ;it ihe Aust rtilitin ports visited bv the rel'ugee steainer Ilwabeii 011 her way to Kydney. At Darwin, Cairns tuiti Bri>bane some refugeos Jried to send th rough the mtiils en velopes tuiti small packages containing jewellery tuni diamonds ainl addressed to rebtlives alretuly in Australia. A severe Customs settreh hatl not then been inatle and apparently the refugees thoiight the envelopc.s would be passed as ordinary eorrespoudonee. All suspieious mail was eolleeted and searehed at the ports. The Customs chcck of the baggage tit the wliarf is stiil proeeeding.
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 January 1947, Page 5
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