WILY CHINESE
TRICKED THE CUSTOMS MELBOURNE, Nov. 22. A statement by Ah King, a Chinese, that he had blackened Jiis face, and had thus deceived the Customs officials in Melbourne, after leaving the ship, was read in the city court to-day. Ah Hing was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment pending deportation to China on a charge of being a prohibited immigrant.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17125, 4 December 1929, Page 11
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61WILY CHINESE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17125, 4 December 1929, Page 11
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