BOOTLEGGERS CAUGHT
COASTGUARDS’ HAUL. Received December 26, 9.15 p.m. (Reuter). NEW YORK, Dec. 25. The British schooner Petara, with seven prisoners and 6000 cases of alleged bootleg liquor, also three motor boats (with twelve other prisoners) were taken by the coastguard. The liquor is valued at more than half a million dollars. The Petara was captured after a forty mile chase by two revenue cutters.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19197, 27 December 1924, Page 5
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