“DRY” COMEDY OFF SANDY HOOK.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 June 1923, Page 4

“DRY” COMEDY OFF SANDY HOOK.

I HIT !S>l SK I REEK AND H Ist ••LEMONADE." NEW YORK, April 2d 11 nmon-t- of tin- American Pres* 11 ; l! d i -1 1 to-day an amusing accollll! of ~ paid vesfeidav by Mr Ra.lmel i '.ill Held, New York'- latest Dirceloi of Prohibit :00, in wnat i- dc-criheti as a )*; iilsli ei of 1 •in j- smugglers anchored !■’> miles -intlh-eal of Kandy Hook, ( a: hold estimates that the Ik 'i Mipplie 1 i lie me! repoli- last year with ifnia ll!'!.(;i:‘l <a-c~ oi whi-ky and other t< > t-E i :!;!<• ii bevel ages. He had heel! inioi tii.' I ! Inn it consist - of more than 21 ve-seK, but when a revenue ceiter with the chief coastguard, the I apt (in of the port, the assistant public pro.-eeulor, a representative of the Am i '-'aloon League, and some 2(1 rep triers went to see it they found only a is and one swift yacht, anchored in m -a - ' in b.rniat ion. T| o M'-etie we.- piioiographed by kmetn:t in' it es l In.- otit tor made lor the \ adit, tvb'eh ome belonged to an Amerioau iniliionaire. Twenty-two of the yacht’s crew in new Hue uniforms let;tie 1 negligently uivr the rail- a- the oaotain of the < ut t a- megaphoned her. "Will tun permit the Eedcial Prohibition Director to come aboard to "Aye. :nr. sir." replied a rubicund liriu-h -.kipper, "lie's welcome." A- the skipper refused to allot. the rep.:i tor- on boerd Mr ( aldield deoidod that In did pot want to go aboard, and Hn ioc'.w iii ■. colloquy ensiled "How long Imvc you hcen here?" he a-ked. "About three weeks." "What's your cargo r" '' 1 .einonade. ’' "How many r‘i-iw have you aboard f" "That's telling." "How lon:.' do you intend to stay r" "Ahoui two days more, sir." "Will, don't go away for a couple of day- because the Rrili-li ConsulGeneral wants to collie mil and quelion \ mi. ''Very good, sir." ' Who owns t li" yaclil : " "A Glasgow linn is all I can tell you.'* The -kipper of I lie next vessel visited was .asked : "Can you iHI n, h you

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