POLICE RAID CHINESE
OPIUM SMOKERS HEAVILY FINED
RESISTANCE TO ARREST Press Association TIMARU. To-day. "When the police raided Chinese premises in Stafford Street South at midnight on Saturday, they found a Chinese smoking opium in one of the back rooms, and with him were the necessary appliances for opium smoking. The entry of the police was resisted, but eventually the occupants of the place, eight in number, were arrested and taken to the police station along with the smoking appliances. The sequel was hoard in the Magistrate's Court to-day when charges were preferred against two Chinese, Ti Hau. alias Percy Chung, of Timaru. and Ah Yee. of Christchurch. Ah Yee was fined £2O and ordered to remain in custody until the return of a distress.warrant, and Ti Hau was fined £SO. he too being ordered to remain in custody until the return of a. distress warrant
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 555, 7 January 1929, Page 11
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146POLICE RAID CHINESE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 555, 7 January 1929, Page 11
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