CONTRABAND SEIZURE
315,000 TONS TO DATE BRITISH CAPTURES (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 12 noon RUGBY, Oct. 10. During the week ended October 7, the British contraband control detained 25,000 tons of goods as to which there was evidence that they were contraband destined for Germany. The cargoes included 13,800 tons of petroleum products, 2500 tons of sulphur, 1500 tons of jute, 400 tons of other fibres, 1500 tons of feeding Stuffs, 1300 tons of oils, 1200 tons of foodstuffs, GOO tons of oil seeds, 570 tons of copper, 430 tons of other ores and metals, 500 tons of phosphates, 320 tons of timber and quantities of other commodities. The total contraband goods detained during the first five weeks of the war amounted to 315,000 tons.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20065, 11 October 1939, Page 6
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