It is evident to even the most casual observer that a great deal of smuggling is going on this year. One hears less of the huge seizures made by the Customs searchers. The native opium searching office is busy on the arrival of every steamer, but how much it all means is hard to say. There is a great deal of seeking of private gain in the whole business, and it but shows again the depths of immorality that has gripped the people in this place. Were the present history of the opium smuggling situation made fully known, it would be an eye-opener to many.
Ayn airship manufactured by Vickers Ld. has arrived in Japan for the Japanese Aviation Corps. Tt has a speed of 50 knots an hour and is capable of flying for 15 hours at a stretch and of carrying five passengers.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.