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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19461, 7 November 1928, Page 3

A Voice of Authority Sounds a Warning t The Mercantile Gazette of New Zealand is regarded as the business barometer of the Dominion. Read this editorial which points a warning finger to the finan* cial burden that prohibition would impose. T He •'"■j ft*g CKtfrt . -U> SHSS& 18761 £StAftUSHSB vol. U«- 2 1 75, V/BDi , nte rest in * b ®. We tave sha ll be f ec£ think way the e poio t W* frotfi a * spe ct t°the® t duty of ith MintSr that «* taX atlo» aoC c MW ot IS to 8 the Goverw® _ do^ 11 - __ i 9 carded lf P^feipl» na J^ e ß mide»PVosstf^ enUei st heimpo« cdto s taxation in Customs Further deficl en ®J on beer. toeet t»e xC i 9 e tax • hatf < WS Efco»» ote»<° r0 '° g U o»t° f . lad to A „»!«»• - •« £ <•" a tion a** 5 'CoSnf The Cost ANNUAL LOSS OF REVENUE WW IKS® IBS *1,990,000 ANNUAL LOSS OF WAGES - • 1»945i0Q0 ANNUAL LOSS TO BAWfILAND HOP ®OWBS 250,000 ANNUAL COST QF ENFORCEMENT • * &PWH>P ANNUAL COST OF PROHIBITION « £4,685,000 Refuse to countenance this costly fad, a proved colossal failure that only brings financial as well as moral disaster* Keep on the safe course to greater prosperity. VOTE CONTINUANCE i> ' • ' "Strike out the Wo bottom tines*

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