A Case of Distillation.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) H awera, Thin Day. Yesterday afternoon Michael Bourke, brewer, and Harry Hughes, with having knowingly conveyed spirits on which full duty was not paid, and Thomas Lloyd, publican, was charged with having m his possession spirits the full duty on which had not been paid. All three were re* manded. It is difficult to get very reliable information as the police and distillation officers are most reticient, but it is understood that distillation has been going on m some part of the district, variously stated to be* Kakaramea, Woodville, and Manutahi, for the pas| eight or nine months and that a large number ot people are implicated. Late yesterday, Mr Lundon and Sergeant Anderson left Haw.era, for the. purpose, it is supposed, of seizing the plant but %i present no information is available as to. the result. Later. Later information with regard to the illicit still business is that the still has been- discovered on the Otoia Opahu Block between Woodville and Manutahi. Further arrests are those of George Beamish, ex-publican, at Pafcea, John Anderson one of the whiskey makers. One Jessop, of illicit whisky making fame, willl>e a witness for the prosecution m this instance.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 54, 5 February 1885, Page 2
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203A Case of Distillation. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 54, 5 February 1885, Page 2
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