BREACH OF THE CUSTOMS ACT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 26 June 1912, Page 7

BREACH OF THE CUSTOMS ACT.

WELLINGTON, June 26. Young Ching, a Chinese passenger by the Warrimoo from Sydney, was fined £100, to be reduced to "£25, for a *-breach of -tbe~ "Customs Act by beingl breach of th© Customs Act by being in possession of ten pieces of silks, valued • at £10, and a gramophone and records, valued at £30. The defence was that ' #he gramophone had been in use in , China, and was, therefore, not dutiable, and that accused was unaware there was

isilk in the box, which he was bringing across for a Chinaman, who had been ■ refused.^ a berth in the Warrimoo for that particular voyage.