CONTRABAND SEIZED
GOODS FOR GERMANY 6824 TONS DETAINED (Klee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Dec. 27. During the week ended December 23 the British contraband control intercepted 6824 tons of contraband goods suspected to be destined to Germany. ■ This total included 45G8 tons of petroleum and allied products, 660 tons of cotton, 614 tons of foodstuffs and beverages, 214 tons of fibre, 212 tons of tin, 105 tons of rubber, and quantities of non-metallic products, oil and fats, cereals, wool, gums and resins, hides and skins, and timber. A report from Paris says that the French contraband control examined 16 vessels during the week ended December 24 and seized 40,000 tons of goods.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20132, 29 December 1939, Page 4
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119CONTRABAND SEIZED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20132, 29 December 1939, Page 4
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