AMERICAN PROHIBITION
LIQUOR ON STEAMERS. ADDITIONAL SEIZURES. Pi«m A««oei»tion~By Telegraph—Copyrigs' NEW YORK, February 27. (Received Feb. 28, at 8.35 p.m.) The seizure of liquor on the Adriatic has increased the vigilance of the Treasury agents, who raided the Lloyd Sabaudo liner Comte Verde, which had just arrived from Naples with 2000 immigrants, and seized contraband, principally liquors, valued at an excess of 100,000 dollars. Another party meanwhile boarded the the Ward line Martinique, from Jamaica, and seized 4000 dollars' worth of liquor. No arrests were made in either case, as the officers and crews denied all knowledge of the concealed liquors.—A. aJid N.Z. Cable. RAIDS IN SAN FRANCISCO. WASHINGTON, February 27. Liquor worth 15,000d0l was seized *by prohibition agents in two raids in San Francisco.—Sydney Sun Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19108, 29 February 1924, Page 5
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