During the year 1929-30, the British. Government-owned licensed houses in Carlisle and district made a net profit of £06,680 7s 9d. A new form. of smuggling, where small tradespeople bring in frocks, etc., as for their private use, and afterwards resell them, is said to cause the British revenue a loss of about £300,000 a year. WEALTH FROM THE SOIL. BASIS OF NEW ZEALAND'S ■•■■".■ ; ; .PROSPERITY. . New ...Jgealand.'s : ; prospqrity depends largely bVythq;. wealth produced from the soil, and. consequently the solution of our present-day economic problems lies in tho promotion of those industries engaged iv the production of wealth •from this "source. N.Z. 'Perpetual Forests, Ltd., in the short .space of. six years, has already' planted over 200 square miles of waste land with soft-wood trees. This ..will prove a fruitful source of wealth to the Dominion and a valuable ally to our present primary exports of butter, cheese, frozen meat, and wool. —Ailvt.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 9, 12 January 1932, Page 12
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153Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 9, 12 January 1932, Page 12
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