EXPORT OF GOLD
DUTY ALLEGEDLY EVADED. SHIP’S STEWARD CHARGED. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 10.10 p.m.) Sydney, July 29. Percy Wince, described as a ship’s steward, was before the Court to-day charged with the evasion of the duty payable on the export of gold from New Zealand. He was remanded till August 5. Bail was fixed at £5O. It was stated that Wince arrived a few days ago bringing 350 sovereigns and £670 worth of broken jewellery for delivery to a Sydney firm of metallurgists. The gold was seized by the Customs authorities, and the police subsequently took possession of the gold, intending to ship it back. Wince’s principals explained that they were willing to pay the New Zealand duty, but the police were insistent on shipping it back. >
To-day, however, Mr Justice Harvey, at the ins tn nee of Wince’s principals, hurriedly granted an ex parte injunction at the Equity Court restraining the Commissioner of Police from exporting the gold to New Zealand.
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Southland Times, Issue 21773, 30 July 1932, Page 5
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164EXPORT OF GOLD Southland Times, Issue 21773, 30 July 1932, Page 5
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