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Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1916, Page 3

RASH SPREAD OVER WHOLE BODY

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furnished with a certificate of enrolment. Cr. Were was appointed a delegate to represent the Council at the conference if local bodies to consider the establishment o.f a moded dairy farm. Cr. Smith jave notice.to move at the next meeting of the Council: "That a vote of censure be passed upon the acting-Chairman, Cr. Christoffel, for his unfair and biased ruling on August lfl, in the discussion of County matters." Accounts amounting, to £1724 3s Od were passed for payment. Tt is understood that Mr. Don Cameron, of Newton King's staff, will shortly be leaving for Xew Plymouth, having Ijeen appointed to the charge of the film's New .Plymouth machinery department.

"SNOW."

■ COCAINE AND SOLDIERS. BIG LONDON SCANDAL. London, July 27. Striking revelations as to the promiscuous sale of cocaine by what appears to be an organised gang of men were made before Mr. Denman, at Marlbor-ough-street, when nine men were charged with selling eneaine to "members of His Majesty's forces." The traffic in cocaine has reached the dimensions nf a big scandal, and, unhappily, the craze has spread among soldiers. The drug is taken in the form of snuff. It is a white, erystaline powder that resembles snow, under which name it is commonly bought and sold. The police took the matter in hand, and the existence of a big organisation for the sale of the drug was disclosed.

The chief agents are men, mostly of foreign nationality, almost all of illrepute. These procure the drug—how and where is not exactly known —and sell it in small quantities at an enormous profit. Thus a small box that costs 3d is generally sold for 2s fid—furnishing a profit of nearly 1000 per cent. The actual distributors are usually women—and women of a certain class. These sell it to other women and to soldiers. The method of distribution is borrowed from the counterfeiters—one woman acts as "carrier," and is in possession of a number of boxes of the drug, and another undertakes the actual sale, in single boxes. It is now known that several groups of cocaine traders are at work in London alone, and they employ or purvey the drug to a large number of agents. , The police are hampered by this disadvantage—that while under the Defence of the Realm Act they may now arrest, without a warrant, any person caught supplying, or conniving to supply, cocaine to soldiers, civilians may purchase or be in possession of it—and thus indirectly assit the traffic among soldiers—wthout risk of punishment.

POLICE PROCEEDINGS. Mr. Muskett prosecuted in the case at Marlborough street. He said the charges were framed under an order of the Defence of the Realm regulations, making it a summary offence for any person to sell to any .member of His Majesty's Forces any narcotic or stimulating drug except under specified conditions, one of which was that it should be ordered by a registered medical practitioner, the seller being required to label it with his name and address. Cocaine was one of the drugs scheduled under the order. The police authorities had had the distribution of this drug under their consideration for some time, but great diiliculty was experienced iji settling the responsibility of certain parties. It had been ascertained that since the outbreak of the war cocaine had been brought to this country in powder form by certain of the Overseas Forces from Canada. It was disposed of to purchasers in small pill boxes, and taken in the form of snuff through the nostrils. Its immediate effect was to create an extraordinary exhilaration, and the habit grew in the case of habitual takers, of whom there were hundreds, if not thousands, in this country. The symptoms were those of alcoholism, the victim heard voices, the moral and physical senses were deadened, and insanity and death followed. The authorities, counsel represented, considered the legislation on the subject quite inadequate, as it dealt only with the sale of the drug to His Majesty's Forces'; but if the Court would express the view that its sale to anyone except under such restrictions as might be imposed should be rendered unlawful, a great step in the right direction would be made, and might influence Parliament in passing the necessary legislation. A box when full, weighed no more than a grain and n-half, and the ordinary dose taken was a tenth to a quarter of a grain. Every attempt had been i made to ascertain the sources from which the large quantities disposed of had been obtained, but it was found impossible to procure evidence upon which to base proceedings which would result in adequate penalties. Mr. Dcnman sentenced, the prisoners to several months' imprisonment with hard labor and ordered certain men to be deported. Sergeant Gilbert Smith of the Canadian Forces, who had tracked down the offenders, was complimented by the Magistrate, and told that be had done great service to the country.—Wellington Post.

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