_The Evening Post_, 22 October 1923:
OPIUM FOUND ON A STEAMER
(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
AUCKLAND, This Day.
Customs officers found secreted under the flooring of a wardrobe in a saloon cabin on the steamer #Maheno #opium valued at £110 [ca. $13,600 today]. The owner of the drug has not been traced.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241022.2.70

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