DUTY NOT PAID
Export gold fr6m dominion
SHIP’S STEWARD ARRESTED.
Australian Press Association.)
SYDNEY, July 29.
Percy Wince, described as a ship’s steward, was before the Court to-day, charged with evasion of the duty payable on export gold from New Zealand. He was remanded till August sth. Bail was fixed at £SO. It was stated that Wince arrived a few days ago, bringing 350 sovereigns and 650 pounds worth of broken jewellery for delivery to a Sydney firm of .metallurgists.
The gold was seized by the customs authorities, and the police subsequently took' possession of the gold, intending to ship it back. Wince’s principals explained that they were wiling to pay the New Zealand duty, but the police were insistent on shipping it back. To-day, however, Mr Justice Harvey, at the instance of Wince’s principals, hurriedly granted an ex parte injunction at the/ Equity Court, restraining the Commissioner of Police from exporting the gold +o New Zealand.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1932, Page 3
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