RAY PREVENTS SMUGGLING.
BERLIN, August 19. | To detect smugglers, a “wall of in-: : visible rays ” has been placed along certain parts of the German-Dutch and i German-Belgian frontiers. When anyone passes through the rav , area an alarm sounds in the Customs ’ office and an indicator shows the spot Authorities say that between 60,000 and 70,000 smugglers are operating, as j the outcome of the high duties and ex- : change restrictions. In May and June j more than 300 were arrested.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 543, 27 August 1932, Page 1
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