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(P.A.) ■ WANGANUI, This Day. The effect of the restrictions on liquor ( supplies was reflected at a police auction sale of unclaimed and confiscated goods in Wanganui. Scotch whisky fetched from £1 a bottle. A popular brand of London gin started at £1, but went up to £1 8s a bottle, and subsequent sales of the same brand fetched £1 11s and £1 17s. Rum sold for £1 6s, and a half-bottle for 7s 6d. Port wine averaged 6s a bottle, and beer Is to Is 3d. For whisky, bids were offered as fast as the auctioneer could take them. Women were prominent among the buyers of gin and wines.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 73, 27 March 1942, Page 6
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112PRICE NO OBJECT Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 73, 27 March 1942, Page 6
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