WOMAN BARRED.
LANDING IN ENGLAND
ECHO OF. WHISKY-RUNNING
LONDON, April 6. “I want to come back and live in London,” says Madame Decasares, who has been detained at Liverpool by the immigration authorities, and ordered to return to America on Saturday. “The Home office has not given any reason for its mysterious action,” she adds. “I left England in November to visit my sister in Washington. All my furniture is stored in London. I lost a .lot of money over the General Serret, but I had nothing to do with whisky-running.'” Madame Decasares is at present on parole in a Liverpool hotel which she must not leave.
On September 15, 1925, the General Serret, a five-masted wooden steamer of 2142 tons, was lying in the Thames, with 10,000 cases of whisky on board, destined for America, the voyage having been interrupted through the captain’s funds having run out. At midnight, Madame Decasares, a tail and beautiful Argentinian, who claimed to be the principal owner, attempted to board the ship with lawyers and police, but was resisted by the supercargo and crew who demanded their wages. Finally she desisted, 1 and the next day the captain put the whisky ashore in bond, Later the 6hip was seized for debt.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 123, 22 April 1927, Page 9
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208WOMAN BARRED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 123, 22 April 1927, Page 9
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