OPIUM SMOKING
CHINAMAN FINED £56. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, December 9. Two Chinese, Ah Pong and Ming Yin, were charged at the Police Court, to-day with having opium in their possessionin a form suitable for smoking. Wong Hung, the proprietor of the premises, was charged with permitting opium smoking. ... '. , Ah Pong stated that he was addicted to opium smoking, and had boon previously fined £5 for having opium in his possession. All thy articles found on the premises were his. • The Magistrate said he was satisfied Pong was dealing in opium as well as being addicted to the drug. He was fined £5(l in default three months imprisonment. Decision regarding Wons Hung was reserved. The ease against Ming Yin was dismissed.
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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 66, 10 December 1921, Page 6
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121OPIUM SMOKING Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 66, 10 December 1921, Page 6
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