RAID ON AN OPIUM DEN.
(raiss 'ASsociATioy tklkgbam V PALMERSTON NORTH, July 26
A Chinese den was raided for opium b7 the* police here last night. Trouble T.'a« experienced in effecting an entrance to the room in which the smoking was supposed to be taking place, as several of the Chinese resisted the police with billets of wood. After a struggle two of thetn were arrested, and a number of pipes and other ap purtenancea were seized. A small box containing opium was also found on one ot those arrested. A number oi the others escaped through tho win dows while an entrance was effected. Tlit two men arrested weiv charged at tho Magistrate's Court this morning, md were remanded till Monday next.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12867, 27 July 1907, Page 5
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