■Speaking at the annual meeting of the Chamber ot Clitics at Kalgoorlic recently. MrR. S. Black said the mine; "'ore being systematically robbed yeai by yenr, and the Chamber should con ( tinue to urge the Government to pass legislation to check the huge trade ir illicit gold. He did not think he woulf be far out if he said the illicit golc traffic amounted t c £100.000 a year \et no word of public condemnatioi was The experience of the pas' year had shown how difficult, it was t< obtain conviction under the law as i now stood.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15567, 17 April 1916, Page 10
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