RUM ROW BATTLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 May 1925, Page 2

RUM ROW BATTLE.

SHOOT T< i K ILL. IHVTUAI.IAN AND N.Z. CAULK iSSOCATION XE W YORK. .May 13. The Federal (liivi-rnmi-nl’s claim that the Dry Fleet, consisting of fifty patrol boats has effectively blocked the illicit liquor traliie oil' the East Coa-t. is apparently substantiated billowing upon a blockade lasting a week, during which tin-.c tie- liquor vessels have been unable to obtain supplies, and onlv one small boat Inis -m-i eded in

.Many of the liquor iraft are dispersing and are seeking for other inlets. Five rum runners have already appeared off San Diego. California, and olh'-rs have landed cargoes at Halifax. The most interesting feature of the campaign, however, i- the report that the blockade has been so successful that tlie Faster liquor traliiiekcrs have iin" turned tia-ir attention to tin- Pm-i----lie coast. Numerous liquor ships have already attempted iinstu ci-.ssl’ully to out-mun-I '.-uvn- tli'- San Fr.nu is: o coast guards, who have been given orders to shoot to kill ii their cutters are tired on. Precautions are also being taken to counter the Hood of liquor from the

( -) iladiaii border, which has decrease-1 since the Atlantic trade grew extensively . State police motor vehicle inspectors are now eomelitrated along tile ( an,nil.lll holder, awaiting develop lie-nts.

I’lte Commerce Departnci;: has ufticialiy estimated that forty million dollars worth of liquor was smuggled into the rutted States during 1831: an increase ol over ten million dollars worth over 1833.