Fireerackers containing gravel half an inch in diameter, and bombs filled with int and pebbles as well as powder, have been seized in Vancouver and ordered to be returned to China. Police, acting on infor-motion tha narcotics were coming. here in firecrackers, investigated. Instead of finding drugs, they found that the shortage of powder in China Wag causing manufacturers of firecrackers to use sand and gravel as a filler, thus endangering the lives of purchasers. Firecrackers to the value of $1,000 are being returned to
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