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ATTEMPT TO EXPORT COIN

CHINESE FINED (I'iiKSS AS3OUATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, November 27. A Chinese hawker, Chin Pak Yew, aged 28 of Dunedin, was fined £25 and ordered u forfeit more than £IOO worth of silver and gold coins when he was convicted in the Magistrates Court to-day of attempting to export £34 17s 6d in silver coin without a nermit. He pleaded guilty. P Counsel saiS defendant was to have cailed on the Monowai. He had a fairly heavy chest, which, on . being searched yielded £74 in gold coin and a little ess than two ounces of gold dust Most of the gold coin was found concealed in two bars of laundry soap fn the bottom of the chest The silver coin was found in various articles of apparel in the chest, in soap, and on was stated that defendant was going to see relatives in China and was taking his savings with him. as he had done previously. Other Chinese who wished to send money home had secreted the money & the soap so that it would not be stolen.

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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21024, 28 November 1933, Page 9

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ATTEMPT TO EXPORT COIN Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21024, 28 November 1933, Page 9

ATTEMPT TO EXPORT COIN Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21024, 28 November 1933, Page 9

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