GOLD SEIZED
ON HINDU" EMIGRANT. IN EXCESS OF REGULATION. fßy Telegraph —Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, January 15. Shortly before the Maunganui left Wellington to-day for Sydney, Customs officials detained a. Hindu passenger, who was found to lie in possession of a sum of money, believed to be about £IOO. The regulations provide that a minimum sum of £5 in gold currency may he exported from New Zealand with tho permission of the Collector of Customs. For any larger sum, the permission of the Minister of Finance must be obtained. The Hindu was permitted to leave by the Maunganui, but the gold was detained by the Customs authorities.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1932, Page 5
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107GOLD SEIZED Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1932, Page 5
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