OPIUM SMOKING
PREVALENCE AMONG CHINESE
INDICATIONS IN WELLINGTON
Iter tress Association — Copyright ,
WELLINGTON, March 31
1 An indication of the extent of opium smoking amongst Chinese living in the Taranaki, Raining and Torey Street districts of Wellington, was given by a Chinese interpreter during the hearing of a case at the Magistrate’s Court. “Are the majority of the Chinese in this district opium smokers” asked Mr Page, S.M. Tile interpreter: “Well, I should say about 50 per cent of them are.” The others would not he. He said that there were a. number of unemployed Chinese in the district. These Chinese were given food and shelter by their countrymen, and in return help was given with cooking.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 April 1933, Page 7
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117OPIUM SMOKING Hokitika Guardian, 3 April 1933, Page 7
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