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WOMAN OPIUM SMUGGLER
FIXED 1500 DOLLARS. OR TWO YEARS' GAOL.
(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright.) (Received Oct. 18. 9.50 p.m.) SINGAPORE, Oct. 17. Dora Strezeszak. a Polish woman, was arrested on the steamer Carthage from Kongkong and sentenced to iwo years, n default of the payment of a fine of 15,000 dollars, for attempting to smuggle opium.
PRISONERS REVOLT. ONE CONVICT KILLED AND 23 WOUNDED. (U.P.A. hv Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Oct. 17. 5.50 p.m.) MONTGOMERY (Alabama). Oct. Id. One convict was slain and twentyill reo wounded by gunfire at Speigner prison on Sunday, .when an attempt to escape by sixteen convicts was followed by a general uprising, in which more than half the population of the prison, 950. participated. SHIT’ IN DISTRESS. LIFEBOATS’ UNSUCCESSFU L SEARCH. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, October 14Following the sighting of 'a. distress signal 2Q miles south-west of the Needles, the Poole and Swanago lifeboats searched, without success, a wide area over the Channel in heavy sens. FRENCH POLITICS SENATE ELECTIONS (U.P.A. hv Elec. Tel. Copyright) PARIS, Oct. 16. The Senatorial elections resulted in the return of M. Poincare and M. Boncour on the first ballot. The final results do not change the complexion of the House. INTERNATIONAL -MOTOR SHOW OVERSEAS VISITORS IN STRONG FORCE (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Oct. 14, The attendance ait the first day of the international Motor 8 Show at Olympia, London, showed an increase on* that of last year. An exceptionally large number of visitors from abroad .were present. Good business is reported.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11770, 18 October 1932, Page 5
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