CUSTOMS DUES
A MOOT POINT.
IMPOBTED CAMEO&
WELLINGTON, This ' An interesting ease in which ' Yin ~ . Italian fisherman, Francisco C&tal&v u ; . 'twas charged with smuggling 200 cameos into Nfcw Zealand, also with oh- \ shipping them here without a permit v w«s heard in the Magistrate's COurt. Customs officers gave evidenceas to the regulations governing' . *. 7 which are classed as fancy that the Minister of Customs had • dfe* <■ claved that cameos made from' were fancy goods. 4
It was for the. defence W: that the prosecution was obliged ,to Vj prove that the good? were dutiable. Counsel contendcdthat the. regulations V" of 1923 could not refer to smuggling . which hau taken place in 1921, «n& 5a \ which yenr cameos were.not; dutiable. It uV'sa expressly stated in lfcs> Custom*" Act Amendment Act of 1912 that precious stones, whether uncut or fine, - were altogether free from ,duty» r The man had actcd innocently throughout and evon if questioned by the Customs wtould not have been able to understand, as he could not understand English. The Magistrate reserved his deci- ' sion.—Press Assn.
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Northern Advocate, 24 July 1923, Page 4
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177CUSTOMS DUES Northern Advocate, 24 July 1923, Page 4
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