LIQUOR FOR THE YUKON.
CARGO LOOTED. BY GABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT OTTAWA, Sept. 30. When America went officially dry it became impossible for the people of Klondyke to obtain supplies of liquor, even for medical purposes, American officials declining to allow liquor to cross the narrow strip of Alaskan territory which affords the only entrance to Dawson.
This summer Canada and the United States reached an agreement under which it was arranged to allow liquor to be shipped into the Yukon territory, and a shipload was recently sent north ; but when it reached Dawson it was discovered that 60 per cent, had been looted, and that many bottles were refille'd with water, while others were empty. The supposition is that the cargo was tapped in Vancouver in the interests of the bootlegging trade.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 October 1924, Page 5
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132LIQUOR FOR THE YUKON. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 October 1924, Page 5
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