RAID ON OPIUM DEN
CHINESE CHASE POLICE Xtalted Prea? Association—By Electric Teleeraph—Copyright. (Received 17th Jun£, 2 p.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. After raiding a suspected Chinese opium den in Elßteriiwick, Constables Saker and Clugston were chased by several Chinese armed'with axes and choppers. So threatening was their attitude that the police were forced to give ground and take to their heels. The chase led over fences, and through'< backyards.' Both constables L'.^x aged to escape. When reinforcen»b.uts arrived the house had been vacated.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 139, 17 June 1929, Page 11
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82RAID ON OPIUM DEN Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 139, 17 June 1929, Page 11
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