PROHIBITION PROBLEMS
JPHFOBCING THE liAW. COWmtENCE AT WASHINGTON ''*» (Becciyea 10.30 a.m.) December 18. j Sixteen. State Governors conferred *itk President Harding on the problem of prohibition. A While House statement- said that in many cases the Governor* , reports were of an encouraging nitnre, indicating that gratifying prop*M,'wae being made in the enforceatnt'of the Volstead law. Numerous Mtiiices of lack of co-operation were >Ih> pointed' out. There was a preponderance of opinion it tfe conference that an earnest official appeal for reverence for the law. •ad the cordial support of the Press in jiw enforcement would cure the worst towjitibne reported. Geadis. British Am*M«dbr, -writes to Mr. C. E. Hughes, Secretary of State, that both ttt TSngtieh' and Canadian Governments »fflj,efcoperate with the American Govenment in- , the-reduction of the smugrfing' of liquors from Canada and the BtfuuMg to the United States by means of American vessels which change to tl*:!iritish'registry for the purpose of ""Ittting in illicit liquor traffic.— (A. and N# Gable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 301, 20 December 1922, Page 5
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PROHIBITION PROBLEMS
Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 301, 20 December 1922, Page 5
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