TRAFFIC IN SILVER
SYDNEY PASSENGER
DETAINED
Before the Ulimaroa sailed for Sydney at 12.20 p.m. to-day' Customs .officials noticed a very heavy looking bag that a passenger was carrying up the gangway. Inspection proved that ,the bag contained some hundreds of pounds of silver coins. As the regulations state that if more than £5 worth of silver coins in the case of Australia, and more than £10 in the case' of any other country is attempted to be imported into or exported from New Zealand the coins may bo confiscated by the Customs,: the man was detained and the silver was taken from him.
it is understood that when the -TJHmaroa arrived at Wellington on Tuesday from Australia some Chinamen wore caught attempting to import a considerable quantity of silver coins. Customs officials in this case also discovered the attempted breach of r«gulations.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 8, 9 July 1931, Page 10
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143TRAFFIC IN SILVER Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 8, 9 July 1931, Page 10
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