SEIZURE OF OPIUM.
CABLE JS'EWS.
United Press Association—Bv Electt.ic Telegraph Copyright.
OYER 800 TINS SECURED. Received January 28, 12.30 a.m. SYDNEY, January 27. The Customs authorities seized over 800 tins of opium valued at between £2,500 and £3,000. When the steamer Empire left port this afternoon a launch was seen manoeuvring in her vicinity southward from Sydney Heads. The launch entered the Heads to-night and was shepherded by the Customs authorities, who boarded her up the harbour, seized the vessel, and arrested all on board.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3103, 28 January 1909, Page 5
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85SEIZURE OF OPIUM. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3103, 28 January 1909, Page 5
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