CHINESE FORTRESS
0 POLICE FORCE AN ENTRY LAUNDRYMAN FINED £IOO. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, July 13. Using batons, a lump of concrete, and a large piece of wood, a party of constables forced their way into a house in Allen street last night and arrested four Chinese. On arrival the police found the house strongly barricaded. Two constables climbed up and broke an upstairs window. When inside they opened the back door. The doors inside tEe house were strongly bolted, and some of them were blocked with sheets «f iron. As the result of the raid, Ah Wihg, occupier of a house in Allen street, was fined £IOO, in default three months’ imprisonment, for permitting opium smoking on his premises. Three other Chinese were fined £2O and costs for being found on the premises. It came as a surprise to the police to find that a place in Christchurch should be heavily barricaded, said Senior Sergeant Fox, The accused, who was described as a laundryman, pleaded guilty.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21386, 14 July 1931, Page 7
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