SYDNEY SEARCH FOR INVASION MONEY
Investjgation On 'Chinese Ship From Shanghai SYDNEY, Jan. 29. Sydney Customs officers who boarded the Chinese steamer Hwalien on her arrival, are making a. big search for contraband. It is mainly for counterfeit English £5 and £10 notes, thought to have been made in Germany for the invasion of Britain. Officers suspended the search last night and continued it this mornipg, but so far they have found neither gold nor counterfeit money. The ship brought 459 passengers from the Far East, including 309 refugees, mostly Jewish. Notification that German invasion currency wa's circulating in Shanghai and that some of the Hwalien's passengers were carrying gold bullion was given by official sources in the Far East. The owners' representative, Captain H. W. Bell, said that at least £100 worth of counterfeit Bank of England notes had been detected when passengers offered their passage money in Shanghai. Some of the passengers had brought gold bars aboard. Government counterfeit . experts and the Commcnwealth Investigation Department officers are helping Customs meh in the search.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5315, 30 January 1947, Page 6
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175SYDNEY SEARCH FOR INVASION MONEY Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5315, 30 January 1947, Page 6
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