GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
GHfNESE AN!' OPIUM. By Telegraph.—Per Press Association. Wanganui, October 31. At \h e Magistrate's Court to-day, W,y Gee was .fined £2O for having opium in his possession; Willie Y\'!hy and Ah Kec were fined £lO each and Wy Gee wa», also fined £5 for (permitting opiumsmoking. inebriates' industry: explained. Auckland. October 31. The Salvation Army officials in charge of Koto Ron Island/to which habitual inebriates are commit'iod by the court, have been mulch concerned by the • mount of drunkenness on the island. All iitteii'plri to trace the source of liquor supply failed until a detective R'i'S engaged to wat-dl the movements oi (he Home, tie found many of the inmirtcs keenly interested in gardening, and unusually interested in the cultivation of parsnips, from which, it transpired, wine of considerable strength was manufactured by a simple process. It proved sue!: "powerful stuff that tvoJe -who drank it almost immediately betnme hopelessly intoxicated. NeedIces to say, the- new industry was promptly suppressed, and Koto Koa has lesumed iis reputation for dryness.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 2 November 1914, Page 7
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171GENERAL TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 2 November 1914, Page 7
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