CONTRABAND CONTROL
BRITISH INTERCEPTIONS. [BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.] (Received October 19, 11.15 a.m.) RUGBY, October 18. During the week to October 14, the British contraband control intercepted and detained 23,000 tons of goods, as to which there was evidence that they were contraband destined for Germany. These included 5900 tons of copra, 2000 tons of phosphates, 1800 tons of coffee, 1800 tons of lead and lead concentrates, 1150 tons of steel scrap, 1000 tons of Manganese ore, 1200 tons of miscellaneous ores and metals, 1000 tons of rubber, 1000 tons of palm oil, 1000 tons of soya beans and oil, lOOOtons of other oils and fats, 1000 tons of cereals, 350 tons of cotton, and various quantities of wool and silk fabrics, chemicals, tanning materials, hides, skins, foodstuffs, oil seeds, timber, gums, and resins. This brings the total for the first six weeks of the Avar to 338,000 tons.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 October 1939, Page 7
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