"DOPE" SMUGGLERS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1921, Page 4

"DOPE" SMUGGLERS

|| Wll> ill Sliiingiuii dint I ii,*: ! S*l’A tin* upiiim siniig'gl r a I v> **i I;. A I l ump st.‘inn.t liinn Imiiu Im.l i ll -1 l.vidiril. mill mniii iln* rmii'iisiim nf iniiliiig i i'.nh's nail sliiuiiiiig ..I* l li.*- ili.* UMIul inixi’il cinutl ul Oriviilnls .I**m vikl .-.I llu* gmiguu.v. Tin* C'usiiuiis ..Hi. i.il. n I ii<*.i, u liiit*- !.*;*.*.! Eiiglisiiinmi. * lll i. i;!v got to wod;. A> . i. 1 1 p;i --. ‘lil'.it <:i im* ti.lon* Inin In-pi-nct i* i**l ling.Ts u ot*lo*.l rm ol ull) nil OUT llicif lioilifs liom tin* !;i*:ul .lou n- *;:. ni-. Dow n tin* guiigwu*. i-iHii* mt ok! ( iiini*si* u . tniiiii, nliuosi tolloiing will, t! t >in:iHlu*s.- ol lu*r lightly Inniuil pot. Sin* wu*. (!r.".s.* l ! in ilu* u *-1 in I l.liiik .-ill, iioiimts mill liloUm*. mul . :ilf i.*il till «>!• I v, inker luiski't iiinlnr lu*r nun. ll.t volkm w I iiikl. (I tin i* gmincl m i In* oiiinin l in ivpi oui'li us la* l*ngnu his svurnii.

• • Winn’s in tin* 1 ut>ki*t. M.i r" hi :t 1., *i 1. Tin* niuioiiil oyt’s ii>'g;ui lo wm-p nopi-

oii-lv. "Mi* i:tki <ui sonu* vi-lliy lila* kin t. n. No i how i fiunl i mi ship mul kin t.-li ilk*. I km* I,*:”

A. li. I 1 11l ( 'limns.■ w oil]; il till* linsknt, ilisplaying a lilnnk ml win s* \nllo\\ n\ns lilinki'.l w U'knilly in dm light, will I.' -lx hli.nk kittvus. nil ili'.nl. In;.' u roil nil Imr. "Hut soil ilon’l want to tal;.* (Icail Isil tens nshuiv," saitl dm Ciisiiuiis oflinial ru, Imr roiighly. " fluow llmm

n w ay ! The leers of the old unman streamed elresh. "Ale icily kind. Wuiitcc lully 1.1111 eii ill gar<leu lily linllse." The Cesiums oflieiel looked ul the old Wdiiiuii. ul the hleek cut. still blinking und I hell u t the kittens. lie siren c nut e Icon liuiiil, end, despite the slut line fury nl the Murk eat and the ny el alarm lium the old woman, picked ml! a dead kitten from the basket. lie held il in lus hand. luukin.it al i' I holly hi fully. " 1111111 pi I ! All I lie 'klit t I'll’ st llfled with opium, eh. Mar Not a hud idea. Veil nearly put me there.' Ile culled hi a Chinese assistant, who sein'd the hasket aml dead ki 11 ells, all i in a lew moments a pile of brown opium was displayed helore us. A few days helore I his im ideal Chinese gentleman had eeme ashore currying a hi id cage with a live bird caily singing over a lalse eago-bnl torn packed with opium. Often enough, however, the opium is wrapped in a waterproof package and lliiown overboard from a steamer while it is Still sevri a I miles Irem the land. A miiiialiire buoy is attached hi the pnrkapr, mi that at niplit, w hen Ihe sampan 01 junk steals out I rum the liarhoiir, the opium can lie eelleeted without (lillieulty.

Once landed, the opium is carried inland hy pedlars who tramp the eotintryside. Tliev earn- the opium mixed in sool and Machine, in their hats, in maiehhoxes with a layer of matches on the top, in the soles ol Chinese hoots, ill hollowed orallpes and in cogs--ill fact, in every way which could possibly incur to the suhile Orienlal mind.