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Indian Smuggler Sentenced at Fiji
From Our Own Correspondent.
SUVA, Sept. 1.
On the night before the steamer Ganges sailed from Suva for Calcutta at the end of August, Rasulla, an Indian mem ber of the crew, was caught by a customs officer attempting to smuggle “Indian hemp” (gunja) ashore. The “hemp” was found in the toe of Rasulla’s shoe.
At the Police Court the next day, he was fined £50 or 12 months in gaol, by the Acting Magistrate, Mr. W. Burrows.