Paid No Duty
(Rec. 1.30 p.m.) BRISBANE. This Day. Albert Henry Pianta, 48, brother-in-law of the Queensland Minister of Health and. Home Affairs (Mr Foley), was fined £l5O in the Police Court for possessing manufactured tobacco on which no excise had been paid. Following a stir in the State Parliament, when the leader of the People’s Party (Mr B. Pie) moved a notice of no confidence in the Government, the Speaker ruled the notice out of order. In court it was stated that defendant did not wish it to be inferred that anyone else was associated with him in the ownership of the tobacco, which was found on property owned by Mr Foley.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19461108.2.55
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 8 November 1946, Page 5
Word Count
113Paid No Duty Northern Advocate, 8 November 1946, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in