OPIUM SMOKERS FINED
♦-- ]'Htss AUCKLAND. April L'J. Three detectives raided an opium den in Nelson street last night. They found a tVapdoor barring the entrance to t: o upper storey. One Chinese escaped I'' a widow, but three were arrested, ai.d to-day they were lined ,1:115 each. The magistrate, Mr Wilson, remarked: "These opium smokers cannot keep away from the drug., and I think there should be some place whetv they could be placed for, say. lmonths to get the cilect of the nru.; out of their systems. Their relativeusually pay their fines. If thiy ?.<> '• gaol the country has '.■: keep tin;;-.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21146, 23 April 1934, Page 9
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