32 TONS OF OPIUM
ALLEGED DISAPPEARANCE FROM MACAO LEAGUE OF NATIONS MYSTERY GENEVA, June 24. The Central Opium Board is trying to discover the truth of the alleged disappearance of 33 tons of opium from Macao, the Portuguese possession in China. The story is that this quantity, worth £600.000. reached the illicit market. When the board asked Senhor Fernandes, Portugal’s representative, to explain, he said that leakages had occurred under a former Governor, who had now been dismissed. The board was not completely satisfied, and is continuing the examination. Mr Amau, Japan’s representative, answering American charges made on June 14, said that the Japanese had been unable to find the clandestine drug factory, which was alleged to exist in Shanghai. The American delegate ironically replied that he would gladly give Mr Amau private information about it.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21085, 11 July 1938, Page 7
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13632 TONS OF OPIUM Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21085, 11 July 1938, Page 7
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