OPIUM SMOKERS.
RAIDING A DEN. [press association.] PALMERSTON N., July 26. A Chinese den vras raided foj opium by the police here last night. Trouble was experienced in effecting an entrance to the room in which the smoking Avas supposed to be taking place, as several of the Chinese resisted the police with billets of wood. After a. strugle two were arrested .and a number of pipes and other "appurtenances were seized. A small box containing opium was also found on one of those arrested. A number of others escaped through windows, while an entrance was being effected. The two arrested were charged at the courthouse this morning, and have been remanded till Monday next.
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Bush Advocate, Volume XIX, Issue 777, 26 July 1907, Page 5
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115OPIUM SMOKERS. Bush Advocate, Volume XIX, Issue 777, 26 July 1907, Page 5
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