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" A DRUNKEN STATE. ,,
Sydney, This Day. The annual report of the New South Wales Alliance sayjj that New South Wales is the most drunken State in the Commonwealth. During 1913 the convictions for drunkennese totalled 28,274, and other convictions in which drunkenness fdrmed ; a j)art of the charge 4,185. Convictions against women totalled 32,458. In 1912 there were .'62,977, but in 1913 two thousand pledges were taken when convictions were not recorded. A LARGE FIND. Fremantle, This Day. A record seizure;'of opium was made by the Customs officials on board' the steamer , Ashburton, -from London, via the Cape. Five hundred pounds of opium, valued at over £5000,-were discovered among the coal. The captain, officers, and crew (a number of whom are Chinese) deny all knowledge of t . .
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 May 1914, Page 3
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140Australian News Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 May 1914, Page 3
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