Nanking, June 3
For the convenience of informants, tipster boxes" will be set up at all Customs stations to receive advice regarding the movements of conti band goods in various places, it learned here to-day, To safeguard the life of informants, the "tips" will be kept strictly confidential. It so provided that Customs or local military or police authorities may also. take "verbal tips" in places where tipster boxes are not avallable: Such. verbal information, it is stib ulated, will be sent to the Customs ties by wire or post—Central Amoy, June 4.
A secret plant for the large-scale manufacture of counterfeit banknotes was raided here yesterday by the local city police in conjunction with the Japanese police.
Two persons were arrested and a large amount of forged notes and printing plates for counterfeiting the subsidiary notes of the Fukien Provincial Bank, $10 notes of the Bank of Communications, and $5 notes of the Kuangtung Provincial Bank, were seized. together—with other equipment. The owner of the plant is a Japanese subject, who, however, made good his escape.
During the raid, more than. ten revolver shots were fired by unknown persons, but fortunately there were no easualties—Kuo Min,
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