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Anonymous letter received by the Federal taxation office, regarding Sym Choon
Anonymous letter received in the Federal Taxation office, Adelaide on 6/3/22.
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I want to tell you Sym Choon, Chinaman, going China on Saturday 4th March and take 300 sovereigns sewn up in clothes and bags. I know. Daughter tell me. He buy lot.
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The daughter of Sym Choon left Adelaide by the Melbourne express on Saturday the 4th. Sym Choon was at the Railway Station on the departure of that train but it is not known if he then left Adelaide by it.
[Handwritten addition:] Later Sym Choon also left Adelaide on 4/3/22
