UNCUSTOMED GOODS.
SUBSTANTIAL FJNES. Per Press Association. /WELLINGTON, July 31. Three officers of the Tongariro were charged at the Police Court to-day with a breach of the Customs. "Walter Brown, thief engineer, pleaded guilty to knowingly harhouriug uncustomed goods.' The Collector stated that Brown was a first offender, though he had carried on illegal traffic for years. A fine of £IOO reduced to £35 was imposed, and the goods were ordered to be forfeited. William Thompson, second engineer, also pleaded guilty; and was fined £3 15s, or three times the value of the tobacco in his possession. Albert William Lewis, fifth engineer, pleaded not guilty. He was lined £3.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13969, 2 August 1909, Page 6
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109UNCUSTOMED GOODS. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13969, 2 August 1909, Page 6
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