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Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1926, Page 4

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coxkiscated smokes. GIBRALTAR, July 21. Excitement is intense in connection i ivitil the* action of the Spanish Cust toms officials at La Linea (on the iron- ! tier between Spain and Gibinltar), r where Gibraltar visitors to the annual fair were searched and had halfempty : cigarette packets and match-boxes confiscated.

I List evening the mayor and the military governor of La Linen visited Gibraltar Tor the purpose of apologising through the Press in connection with tho happenings at tho Customs. They were followed by ail immense crowd and sought refuge ill a calc. Later they left for La Linea under strong police and military protection, still followed by the crowd, which became threatening as they got into their car. A baton charge was ordered, resulting in injuries to about a dozen persons. £120,000 SURPRISE. SURREY WOMAN’S LEGACY FROM HER FATHER. ' CAPETOWN, July' 24. Mrs Scire, who during tlie war lived at Croydon. Surrey, with her father, has inherited £120,000 under ibis will, fie had been formerly employed by a cable company-in the Far East. Alter retiring he invested his savings in oil and other shares, nearly everything lie touched 1 looming. 'I he size ol t-be legact- greatly surprised Mrs . Solle and her husband.

Mrs Scll'e says that she and her husband intend devoting thcmcslvcs to gardening for the remainder of tlicir lives in the remote little village near Robertson w l ' ere they have resided for the past seven years. They think South Africa the best country in the world to live in, and their three children will he educated be re. BOGUS RARE STAMPS. Paris, July 21. Just as thev were about to cross the FS-inco-Swiss frontier in a liigh-powcr

motor-car a lavishly dressed Frenchwomen who had been passing under the name of Countess Adalbert and her Swiss mother were arrested and charged with selling bogus stamps to collectors. iu tlicir possession were found bogus specimens of a number of rare stamps, such as early issues of Mauritius and triangular Cape of Good Hope. The woman’s husband lias been Arrested in Paris and his large stamp collection is being investigated by experts.