PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT.
AUTHORITIES MAKE A RAID. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT NEW YORK, Dec. 3. In what the Federal authorities describe as the greatest raid on the supposed rum importing and distributing forces yet made in the United States, 20 men were arrested to-dav and charged with being implicated in an alleged liquor ‘'“ring.” The District Attorney (Mr Buckner) said the organisation controlled 18 ocean steamers engaged in _ bringing liquor to Rum Row from foreign ports. Among those arrested is William Dwyer, part-owner of race tracks in Montreal and Cincinnati, who is at the head of the “ring,” according to Mr Btrckner.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 5 December 1925, Page 5
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100PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 5 December 1925, Page 5
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