RAID ON CHINESE.
PALMERSTON N., July 26. A Chinese den was raided for opium by the police here last night. Trouble was experienced in effecting entrance to the room in which the smoking was supposed to be taking place, as several of the Chinese resisted the police with billets of wood. After a struggle two were arrested, and a number of pipes and other appurtenances seized. A small box containing opium was also found on one of those arrested. A • number of others escaped through the windows while an entrance was being effected. The two arrested were charged at the court this morning, and have been remanded, till Monday, ne.it*.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2785, 31 July 1907, Page 58
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110RAID ON CHINESE. Otago Witness, Issue 2785, 31 July 1907, Page 58
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