SMUGGLING OF SILVER
PARCEL OF £3OO VALUE FOUND
SHIP SEARCHED AT SYDNEY.
PRACTICE KNOWN TO' POLICE
LIMITED POWER. UNDER. ACTS
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegrapn
Copyright.) Received 11.15 en.m. to-day. SYDNEY, June 13. Detectives who searched the Wanganella on Sunday-discovered £3OO worth of silver in a parcel, which is being returned to the Dominion under instructions from the New Zealand police. The “Herald” says that the police in New Somtli Wales, who have been working with the New Zealand authorities to prevent the importation of silver coin from the Dominion into Australia, have been handicapped by their limited powers under the existing Acts. Since the differences in exchange occurred thousand® of .pounds worth of silver have been brought to Sydney by intercolonial liners. Although the New Zealand authorities made it an offence to export silver, the practice persisted. Tire co-operation of. the New South Wales police was obtained, but the authorities here found it wais not an offence to import 'silver Coin into Australia. They have questioned many offenders and have discovered hundreds of pounds worth of coin on ships arriving from New Zealand, but. could take no direct action.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 13 June 1933, Page 5
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190SMUGGLING OF SILVER Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 13 June 1933, Page 5
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