AUSTRALIAN BEER
(Received November 27, 9 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, This Day.
As the result of a conference of representatives of brewing and hotel interests with the Prices Commissioner today concerning the increase in the excise duty on beer and spirits under the wartime Budget, increases in the retail prices of bottled and draught beer will be announced tomorrow from Canberra. It" is understood that a penny extra will be charged for a large glass of beer and twopence extra on bottled beer.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 129, 27 November 1940, Page 6
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81AUSTRALIAN BEER Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 129, 27 November 1940, Page 6
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