DUTY UPON GOLD
EVASION CHARGE PREFERRED. Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, August 11. Percy Wince, aged 36, a ship’s steward, was before the. City Court to-day, on : a provisional warrant from New Zealand, charged with being concerned in the fraudulent evasion or attempted evasion, of the duty on' tlie export of 207 sovereigns arid 219 half-sovereigns from New Zealand, a$ first reported July 29th. ■ jpptective that when he attested Wince, after the arrival of tlie “Niagara,” in July, the latter said he had no idea of - the contents of the parcels that were in his possesion. They were given toliiin by a man named George Washington, in a! Wellington-; hotel,'to deliver to persons here, who were to meet him. in his cabin. Detective-Sergeant . Tricklebank, of Wellington, asked the Court to order Wince’s return to New,Zealand in his custody, and the Magistrate complied with the request. y . .
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1932, Page 5
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