“NOT SO DRY"
ASHBURTON’S LIQUOR. [Pm United Press Association.] ASHBURTON, January 17. Ashburton is not so dry as generally supposed, in spite of the Prohibition regime. The beer admitted under permit last year totalled 50,350 gallons, against 17,000 three year's ago. Wines and spirits have decreased in popularity, the totals for the year being:—Whisky, 2,199 gallons ; brandy, 145 ; gin, 54; rum, a 7 ; wine, 672. The December importations, including Christmas cheer, were;—Beer, 7,725 gallons ; whisky, 518 ; brandy, 27 ; gin, 5; rum, 3s; wine, 120. These figures obviously do not include illicit liquor, of which the nolice campaign gives an occasional glimpse. It is declared that much illicit liquor is traded, bottles of whisky, known ta “bombs,” being a marketable commodity at a sovereign? each.
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Evening Star, Issue 18534, 17 January 1924, Page 4
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124“NOT SO DRY" Evening Star, Issue 18534, 17 January 1924, Page 4
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