MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.
Liquor smuggling into the Limited States from Canada lias readied such proportions that it has developed' into a large illegal traffic. The Customs service is wholly inadequate to meet the situation, and a small army is essential to patrol isolated coastal spots, whence there is the smuggling from incoming, ships, and also the frontier regions. The Mexican Embassy at Washington states that troops have been despatched to Lower California for the campaign to subdue the rebel Governor Cantu. Fighting is expected in a week s time.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1887, 11 August 1920, Page 5
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88MISCELLANEOUS CABLES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1887, 11 August 1920, Page 5
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