NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1929, Page 2

NEWS BY MAIL.

DRUG SCOURGE. GENEVA; September 18. One of-the most difficult problems confronting the League of Nations is the illicit , tratqc in. narcotics, which, according to statistics provided by the League, Opium Commissiioh is increasing'alafmingly every .j’ear. ■ ' : '. It is revealed. that one factory alone exportbd'during a period of 12' months ■mobb. tiiap /three tops of narcotics., ' oCdrngs represents at least i0b,066;0w, 'doses; which means a total profit of £8,060;000; ‘' ’’ ;

Despite all precautions', morphine and fts by-products circulate throughout the world almost as easily as sugar. The official price of morphine in the United States is £2O for about 21b. but the illicit dealers often obtain £25,000 for the same amount. Great afforts are being made to induce the Commission to press for the direct limitation ot manufacture to strict medical needs.

GIRL WHO STOLE. ,; •” 'vj . # \-; '•. • • i- ' DEAUVILLjE, September 18. How. the glanjous of Deauville fascinated a. 16-years-old Paris girl clerk was told to-day, when Alive Beuguot was arrested near Gare'St. Lazare and charged with having stolen £l6O from aer employers, a firm of Paris market agents.; ' "'-v 7 . ;■ • Mile, Beuguot, a pretty fair-haired girl, disappeared, on September 6, taking with her £l6O with whibh she had been entrusted to pay bills. She told the police that she had read so much about the gay life at Deauville that she had decided to go there and enjoy herself. She made friends with two young women on the way, and thp three stayed at the best hotels at Deauville and Houlgate. They soon ran through the money. On Sunday Beuguot found herself with only a few pounds left and decided to return to Paris and “face the consequences.”