SECRET STILLS
WHISKY PROFITS IN ENGLAND. TWO THOUSAND PER CENT. LONDON, April 21. Widespread inquiries are now Leing ;nade in an effort to clean up the see--ret whisky stills which,, the authorities assert, have within'Hie last few months sprung up like mushrooms in the North of England, and particularly the We-.t Riding of Yorkshire. It was stated c>:t a Cadtleford prosecution that the traffic was very much oh the increase. From inquiries, it ap-; pears that an illicit distiller can make a pound profit for every shilling expended. Because no specialised skill or groat .outlay of capital are required, the liire of big 'money yielding 200 psi cent, profit is, it is stated, tempting many unemployed men to engage in the illegal business. Enormous fines laid down by law are payable to the Customs and Excise, who in cur Yorkshire case some time ago; claimed £9OO with the alternative of (a long term of imprisonment. A specially-picked squad of investigation officers is being employed to round up. home-made stills.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1933, Page 3
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169SECRET STILLS Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1933, Page 3
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