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A VICE CENTRE. BOSTON (SECOND ONLY TO CHICAGO (An*. Pi«ii Am*, and Baa Cable.) (By Eisstrie Talegraph—Copyright.) VANCOUVER, December 9. A startling statement has been made that Boston ha« now assumed a place second only to Chicago as a vice con tre. It is stated 'that the illicit Liqnoi traffic has, since prohibition, reached th* staggering figuve of twelve millions sterling annually. Four thousand speakeasies and fifteci thousand professional bootleggers sup plv the city with ninety thousand gal lons of booze weekly, while it is. alleged policemen in uniform and driving po 1: automobiles are active agents in ?h» delivery of wet goods.
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Inangahua Times, 11 December 1929, Page 4
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