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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18057, 18 January 1927, Page 6

Three men asleep upstairs, opium pipes beside them stilt warm, was. the discovery of Sergeant Bomsch and Constable Howe on raiding Ah Chang’s, in Ilaining Street, W ellington, on Saturday. Chang, who is sixty, pleaded guilty yesterday to being found illegally in possession of opium. Counsel urged that, accused was the tool of others, who were holding a celebration at his house in honour of the visit' of another Chinese from the South Island. There was no proof that Chang had been previously convicted, so the Magistrate fined him £ls, in default three months’ imprisonment. The opium was confiscated.