OPIUM.
A Bfti HAUL ; TSy Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland. Last Xight'. What is probably the biggest haul iif opium ever hiaile in Now Zealand was ell'ectcd by tlio Auckland Customs officials when the steamer Invortny arrived from Xew York to-day. It i.s -stated that, ultltouph special vigilance was exorcised on the arrival of the vessel owing to tlie fact that alio had lit Chinese working below in the engine room, there was nothing to cause suspicion on a preliminary examination being made. Subsequently, the Customs officers tore up the planking of the coal hunkers and found a largo quantity of opium stowed away. Altogether, 437. (ins were brought out, and it is estimated that the value of the seimro is at least ClflflO. Rut for the foot that file coal bunkers were empty when the vessel arrived in port, it is •probable thatj idle discovery would not have been made. 'l'lii' lnvertay was temporarily held up oIV Cape ColiiHe, bavin;; exhausted. lirr eoal, and a fresh supply had to bd lent out yesterday to enable her to coma into htirbor.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 283, 8 May 1915, Page 5
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179OPIUM. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 283, 8 May 1915, Page 5
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