CUSTOMS FRAUDS.
A DRASTIC CAMPAIGN.
HEAVY PUNISHMENT.
United Presa Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph Copyright. NEW YORK, June 1«. The Customs authorities are conducting a drastic campaign against smuggling. The head of a millinery establishment has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Another has been sentenced to one year's, his wife being fined one thousand pounds sterling. The authorities estimate that the revenue is robbed to the extent of four millions sterling annually, principally by means of a scheme of dressmakers' agents.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3222, 21 June 1909, Page 5
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80CUSTOMS FRAUDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3222, 21 June 1909, Page 5
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