RUM RUNNING.
A CT)RRESPONDENT'S PTCTFRE
(“Sydney Sun” Cables)
(Received this day at 10-15 a.™-) LONDON, Sop. Describing: rum-running «» coast, the l)l11 j_ RiH’cial correspondent s "- vs: sc. the vessels now, though so.no months ago a hmitlrec ' t sso ,• , visible ill one time, from which tint five thousand cases of hquor were landed on the Now Jersey coast ... one ni „l,t. The small schooners are conf.irtloss, swarming with rockroncl.es. The crews have to lie about, niton tor months.on end. either dewing »* « fierce heat or freezing in the A" winds. Acts of lawlessness, even oin.cv abound and people who dream of rich quick should remember The perils of the trade, such as “ frame-ups ” by skippers and who may sell out for their own keneht after over liberally sampling the cargo. There is also the risk of pirateial raids, counterfeit money and descents by revemit* offic'ials.” Thc corrosnomloirt learned that t ie stow Of the smuggling submarine operating to Ontario was a fake, and be adds that American officials are confi- . dent the rest- generation will be thoroughly dry.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1923, Page 3
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176RUM RUNNING. Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1923, Page 3
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