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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17628, 4 December 1922, Page 6

Defence, £583,000 2i* Roads, £539,000. EE E2 Police, £403,000. m m zi VJ\ t V? 4: *n(.rx Hospitals, £355,000. (2* k -«*. Telegraph Extensions, r„ *v .'iifev It 3 ? Prisons, £BB,OOO. j yy aWUwfirsiM; l£S> 113 ; Workers * ■ Dwellings, t * ' £25,000. ' J, Tourist Resorts, £19,000. £ Lighthouses, £5,000. U \ * J #5 m nps ~/■»*£( M/f ityV J J »rsi w, » * jvi The Liquor Revenue WILL PAY the Government's Expenditure on:- £ 583,000 539,000 403,000 355,000 336,000 88,000 25,000 19,000 5,000 Defence (Military and Naval) ... Roads Police Hospitals Telegraphic Extensions Prisons Workers' Dwellings ... Tourist Resorts Lighthouses ... £2,353,000 with £150,000 left over to go toward public buildings. The above figures were taken from the N.Z. Official Year Book, 1921-22. t Duties on liquor at present rates will provide two and a half million pounds per annum—sufficient to pay the co£t of all the above national services. If Prohibition comes, where are we to look for this money ? More taxation on necessities, of course. Can you afford to pay more for the everyday needs of daily life? A lot more; if the taxation goes on to tea, that commodity will co£t you Bs. 6d. per lb.; if on to sugar, that will co£t lOd. per lb. ? This taxation is at present only paid by those who can afford it. It is a Voluntary Contribution Any revision of the tariff would press more heavily on the workers. VOTE CONTINUANCE