CIGARETTES IN COFFIN
DISCOVERY ON LINER MELBOURNE, Aug. 10—Eleven thousand cigarettes and cigarillos, concealed in a Chinese coffin, were seized by Customs officials when they inspected the Australian Oriental liner, Taiping. to-day. Vessels from the. East usually carry a coffin in case a death occurs at sea. The coffin is filled with white powder, in which the lardy is preserved. Two coffins were found in the ’tween decks o£ the Taiping. 'The top coffin contained only powder. 'The cigarettes and cigarillos were lying on top of several inches of powder in the second coffin.-
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 248, 18 October 1939, Page 2
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94CIGARETTES IN COFFIN Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 248, 18 October 1939, Page 2
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