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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 17, 3 September 1897, Page 15

The Sydney Cash Drapery Company opened in Wellington on Saturday, and, judging from present appearances, the branch promises to be a big success. Mr. John Regan, formerly of Greylnouth, has been appointed manager. This firm have established branches m Auckland, Thames. Wanganui and other districts which have been a great success from their inception. The now manager for New Zealand is Mr. J. J. Daly, so well and favourably known in Auckland and the West Coast. _ X Rays to Detect Smuggling —The Rontgen rays are now being pressed into the service of the French Revenue. It is hoped (says the Body XewJ) that by their moanssome branchep of sniu^glirg will be effectively checked, to the great benefit of the French Treasury and of the protected French industries. Crooke's tubes tor the purpose will be kept at all the larger customs offices. It will no longer be easy to smuggle watches and jewellery Hundreds and even thousands of pounds worth of such articles have from time to time been found stowed away in such unlikely places as the legs of a deal table, but no hiding place is now secure against the searching X rays. ° v