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OAMARU, April 29. Charlie Gow, a Chinese gardener, who pleaded guilty to opium smoking, was fined £10 and costs. Hop Lee, Ah Hong, and Sing Quong were each fined £5 and costs. Hong Goon, on a charge of having opium in his possession suitable for smoking, was fined £5 and costs Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13458, 30 April 1907, Page 2