WINE FRAUDS.
FIVE ARRESTS MADE. CHICAGO, Feb. 22. A sacramental conspiracy against the Government was uncovered at Chicago by tho arrest of five leaders of a ring. It is claimed that they have made a profit of £209,000 in seven months by disposing'of wine valued at £300,000, which was purchased at California vineyards, shipped through tho Panama Canal to New York, and turned over to Rabbis, who, under (lie law, can draw ten gallons yearly for each member of their synagogues. The wine was then withdrawn for two shillings a gallon, -and shipped to Chicago and sold for 16s. a gallon,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16975, 5 March 1926, Page 12
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101WINE FRAUDS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16975, 5 March 1926, Page 12
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