SMUGGLERS.
Customs duties were first instituted in 17-36 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 decree than it ever did in the 17th century. It has been ascertained that there are a large number of unprincipled persons who ta-e genuine Wolfe's Schnapps bottles, and when empty, fill then? with cheap undultorated gin. These persons are far worse than the smugglers of the olden days, it is a,crime against the public, and a distardly piece of dishonf sty to the patron. See that you buy whole bottles of Wolfe 'a Schnapps and Avhen empty break the bottles/
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Thames Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 8073, 19 June 1895, Page 2
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130SMUGGLERS. Thames Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 8073, 19 June 1895, Page 2
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