AMERICA'S DRY REGIME.
SUCCESS OR FA!LURE? INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE. (Australian and N /. GnlM’ As-m 1 WASHINGTON. .May 20. The Alcoholic Liquor TraJlic Committee of the House of Representatives met for the first, time, since the enactment of prohibition in 1010. II ordered an oMend investigation lo be made as to the success' or failure of prohibition. • Every phase of the question will be examined with the view of ascertaining (lie effect of enforcement efforts and of determining whether consumption of liquor has increased. Rum-smuggling and charges of abuse of the permit system will also be investigated. The special commitlce which- has been considering Ihc 50 identical bills seeking for modification of the prohibition law has concluded its sidings. It has now begun the discussion of the disposal of the measures. The rum-running fleets anchored off the Jersey and Long Island coasts are playing such havoc with the submarine cables that the officials of two cable companies have protested to the Government.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15999, 30 May 1924, Page 7
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162AMERICA'S DRY REGIME. Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15999, 30 May 1924, Page 7
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