FORGED BANK NOTES.
COMPLETE PRINTING PLANT DISCOVERED. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] Per Press Association. Received July 2, ;il 1.20 a.m. Sydney, June I. Since the forgery of bank-notes was reported in Auckland the police hero kept a sharp look-out on* all vessels from the Dominion, but failed to spot any suspects arriving. The movements of'a foreigner, however, aroused cion, and ho was closely watched. Tonight, a strong lorce ol detectives piiid a surprise visit- to a lodging-house in Redfern, and arresled (he .Itga-ignrr while at dinner. They searched his room and discovered a complete plant for printing bank-notes, including -i press, printers' ink, valuable lenses, prepared plates for etching, and a til National bank-note, while under Ins pillow was a .1 uily-loaded autoiualic pistol.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12253, 2 June 1914, Page 4
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123FORGED BANK NOTES. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12253, 2 June 1914, Page 4
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