LIQUOR IN NO-LICENSE AREA

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 18 June 1915, Page 4

LIQUOR IN NO-LICENSE AREA

ASHBURTON, June 17. Yesterday, on account of having strong suspicions that sly-grog selling was going on at a certain house in Peter street, the po-ice raided the premises, and discovered the largest amount of liquor which has yet been found in any house since no-license was carried in Ashburton. A small quantity was discovered in the house, but the police were not satisfied, and they conducted a systematic search of the garden, and an empty sack excited suspicion and the police stuck a spade into the ground near it. A shovelful of earth was thrown out, and a neat little cache made out of kerosene tins was disclosed, containing a large number of bottles of whisky. Further down the garden, another ''strike" was made, and a second hiding place was discovered. This wasi made of bricks and a still larger quantity of bottles was found.