OPIUM TRADE
WOMEN INVOLVED IN N.Z
GISBORNE, March .24. Before Mr Harper, S.M., to-day, a Chinese 25 years of age, named Wong Ham, pleaded guilty to a charge ol' being found in possession of prepared opium. Detective McLeod said he saw accused in town with a parcel, ana
being asked whet it contained, he said it was tea. He was taken to the Police Station, where the parcel, on being opened, was found to contain a. basktVt of tea, al(SO a packet of prepared opium.
Accused said the opium had been sent from Wellington. Detective McLeod, continuing, said if the opium
were to get into the town, sooner or later women would get hold of it, anc. unfortunately some young women, both Pakehe and Maori, were in the habit of visiting the Chinese here. In the case before the court, the value of the opium was £2, but papers found on accused indicated similar quantities had been previously obtained at intervals of about one month.
The Magistrate said that, as accused had not been in trouble before he would not be fined the maximum penalty, but a fine of £25, the minimum under the Act. would be imposed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 March 1933, Page 2
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