British, American Delegates Call on Tientsin Customs 2,000 Suspects Arrested in City-Wide Search: All Temples Converted to Detention Houses Tientsin, Feb, 18.
A delegation from the British and American Chambers of Commerce called on Mr. W. R. Myers, Commissioner of the Tientsin " Customs, yesterday. The delegation requested that effective measures be adopted for the suppression of smuggling with a view to protecting the interests of Tegitimate commerce, It's learnt that the Tientsin Custom House has decided to establish inspection offers at Taku and on the outskirts of Tientsin in order to curb the smuggling. Most of the contraband smuggled into Tientsin lately consisted of wine, sugar, sea products and rayon—Kuo Min, Smuggling Firm Close Tientsin, Feb. 15.
Unable to withstand the losses caused by the oversupply of smuggled goods on the market, more than 30" smuggling firms disguised trading companies" were closed during the last two weeks. Large quantities of contraband goods, it was reported, were sold at prices below cost before the Lunar New Year holidays.
Mr. Leisching, director-general of the Anti-Smuggiing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, ix mow con centrating his attention on curbing the inland smuggling activities, Feb.
Seven carloads of illicit artificial silk and cigarette paper were seized by preventive officers of the Tien-sin Customs. yesterday" afternoon Centrat News.
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