SLY-GROG RAID
POLICE. MAKE A HAUL. ' (ByTelegraph—Press Association.; Ashburton, June 17. Yesterday, on account of having (strong suspicions that sly _ grog-selling \vas> going on at a certain house ill Peter Street the police raided the pr&raises and discovered the largest amount (if liquor which has ;?et been found in any house since No-Licanse was carried in Ashburton. A small quantity was discovered in the house, but the police were not satisfied and conducted a systematic search of the garden. An empty sack excited suspicion and the police stuck a spade into the ground near it: A shovelful of ea,rth was throiyn out and a neat little cache made out of kerosene tins was disclosed containing a large number of bottles of whisky. Further down another ''strike" was made and a. second hiding place was discovered. This was made of bricks and a still larger number of bottles was found. The proprietor of the establishment is alleged to be an old_ offender with several previous convictions for the same offence.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2491, 18 June 1915, Page 3
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169SLY-GROG RAID Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2491, 18 June 1915, Page 3
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