16 SEPTEMBER 1955, Page 8

THIS IS NOT the only case where the law has

been heavy- handed. When the freighter Argobeam had to be rescued recently in the Atlantic its captain distributed 1,000 cigarettes among the crew of the salvage tug, because they had left at such short notice that they lacked supplies. The Customs in- sisted on charging seven guineas duty on the cigarettes, in spite of the circumstances in which they had been given !

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