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SEIZURE *AT DURBAN. GERMAN RIFLES FOR CHINA? MACHINE GUNS—CARTRIDGES. fßy Cable.—Press Assoclation.---Co?yTisht.) (Received 11 a.m.) CAPETOWN, September 16. On arrival of the steamer Nortmark at Durban from Hamburg, the Customs officials discovered 1000 rifles, a number of machine guns, and a large quantity of ammunition aboard, though the ship's papers gave no indication of these being on board. - - It is surmised that they were intended for China. The vessel was placed under an armed guard and removed to th* Congella Basin. — (Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 221, 17 September 1924, Page 5
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