LIQUOR SUBMARINES
SMUGGLERS’ LATEST DEVICE ONE BOAT GAPTUBED. Australian and N.Z. Cable AssiSciation. NEW YORK, November 14. A message from St. Albans, Vermont, states that an undersea rum-running craft, described by the Customs authorities as a submarine without motors, has been seized on Lake Champlain with 4800 bottles of ale. The seizure was made by the Hoyal Canadian Mounted Police for the American authorities in Canadian boundary waters. Customs officials pointed out thaf! bootleggers have been using every known method of conveyance to run contraband liquor from Canada to the United States, including automobiles, motor-boats, airplanes, and submarines. The submarines, which hare been known as “mystery boats,” have a length of 28 feet, and a device for submerging and rising to the surface, but have no propelling mechanism, being towed by 176-foot hawsers. Air and vision is obtained by means of periscopes. The authorities ■ say that these vessels are extremely expensive, but have successfully conveyed so much liquor that they quickly paid for themselves. The co-operation of the Canadian and American authorities is alone believed to be responsible ; for their discovery.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12605, 16 November 1926, Page 2
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181LIQUOR SUBMARINES New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12605, 16 November 1926, Page 2
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