. Tins of opium are mentioned occasionally in reports of court proceedings, but happily, few law-abiding New Zealanders ever see them. Four tins of the drug, said to have a value of £3B in tho illicit opium market, were exhibits in the Auckland Supreme Court a few days ago. They wore examined with interest by his Honor, tho “jury, . and counsel. Labelled with. many Chinese characters in red ink, the containers proved; to be not of tin, but oi sheet brass, neatly soldered up and holding. about half a. pound of opium apiece Being flat,, with rounded edg'-s, they, seemed to have been designed for easy conc'ealI ment in a pocket’ or elsewhere
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Otago Witness, Issue 3818, 17 May 1927, Page 77
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