Ten opium dens at Brest have been raided by the authorities, and the women who supervised them have been arrested. In each case the rooms were furnished with the necessary pipes and stoves, together with stores of opium, and in one instance a naval officer was discovered under the influence of the drug. The raid was made by virtue of the special • powers which have been vested in port authorities in order that the practice of opium smoking in the French navy may be ai-restpdi '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14133, 7 August 1909, Page 5 (Supplement)
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85Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14133, 7 August 1909, Page 5 (Supplement)
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