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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 18, 22 January 1916, Page 6

BENZINE IN TOMBSTONES. New devices for smuggling, contraband from Holland into Germany are being continually brought to light by the Dutch frontier officials. A trainload of concrete building blocks bound for Belgium contained several thousand gallons of gasoline. The blocks were hollow, each one providing a receptacle for eight gallons of oil. (Not long 'ago a shipment of tombstones required for marking the graves of German soldiers was examined, and it was discovered that the tombstones were hollow and filled with benzine. I

Soft felt hats for Peyton’s from 3/11. men at Stanley

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