SMUGGLERS. , Customs duties wera first instituted in 1736 to enable the King to afford protection to trade against pirates, they have been retained as a means of obtaining revenue, but gave rise at first to a large amount of smuggling. ' Smuggling exists now in a more refined and dangerous degree than it ever did in the 17th century. It has been ascertained that there are a large number of unprincipled persons who take genuine Wolfe’s Schnapps bottles, and when empty, fill them with, cheap undulterated gin. These persons are far worse than the smuggler of olden days, it is a crime against the public, and a dastardly piece of dishonesty to the patron. See that you buy whole , bottles of. Wolfe’s Schnapps and, when empty, break the bottles. 5
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1190, 21 December 1894, Page 14
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129Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1190, 21 December 1894, Page 14
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