BRITAIN’S DRINK BILL
REDUCED CONSUMPTION SINCE WAR. London, March 28. The fact that the consumption of alcohol in Britain has been considerably less since the war is revealed in the’ latest figures, ’’’here has been a reduction of 14,000,000 gallons of spirits and 7,000,000 barrels of beer. On the other hand, there has been an increase of 5,000,000 gallons of wines. The expenditure last year was £7 4s. per head, or slightly more than £315,000,000 m all. It is estimated that 1,500,000 gallons of whisky were shipped from England to America, for which the Scottish distillers, received £2,000,000. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 157, 30 March 1926, Page 7
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101BRITAIN’S DRINK BILL Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 157, 30 March 1926, Page 7
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