Stacks of Opium.
DISCOVERY m THE COAL. STEAMERS DISCREET CREW. [L3r Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [[United Press Association.} (Received 9.35 a.m.) Fremantle, May 19. A record seizure of opium was made by the Customs officials ou board the steam or Ashburton, bound from Loudon via Cape. Five hundred pounds weight, valued at over £SOOO was discovered among the coal. The captain, officers, and crew, a number of whom are Chinese, deny knowledge of the presence of the drug.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 23, 19 May 1914, Page 5
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76Stacks of Opium. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 23, 19 May 1914, Page 5
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