WHISKY POURED INTO OCEAN.
• i jLiguop—godd, indifferent, and very, 'yyery. bad—the value of which, at the ' 'Sate 'charged by illicit dealers, is estipatei at ia about to be (iffpilled into the Atlantic Ocean by the fapthoritJea' to get rid of it, reported fishe' New York correspondent of the fr'llailyCfhronicle'' on July 14th. It jhaa au been geiied in the process of ' ,>nforcing;"ihe Prohibition law. Bubifcish barges laden with the strange r IcftrgOiwili be towed far beyond, the, harbour, and the crews, under ; Vv^uc^ : eupemsion, ,will unite in the , 1 inuxing of the most studendons cocktail j4n history for. the delectation of Father. ;, Davy Jones. If in the ■ ■'. ;iliext week or so passing British mariners vshould note disturbances somewhere in vttie Atlantic, and "the o;one they ibreathe . should have a peculiar yet if vetrangely , familiar flavour, they will • ? inow that it is not because the > inhabitants of this, country celebrating, the revocation of the h;:|dCT>hiw.s-. About the time this reservoir ; is being thus disposed vi|;; authorities wilT sell the con;/#':ss*&. At present these and the liquor the .city hundreds ofvpounds 4 for storage in warehouses, unused ; fllliilaings, and other structures. These 1 detainers and vehicles range from pens, hollow canes, and bogus jpdgars to huge casks, and the vehicles to motor lorries
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17248, 12 September 1921, Page 5
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