NIPS OF WATER COST £630,000.
According to statements by Air R. •A. Armstrong of the Moderate League, 7Zoz proof whisky equals I.ooz neat, whisky as sold. That is lo say onethird water is added. Making the fair assumption that two-thirds of the spirits imported are in bulk and broken down by this addition of water before being sold, we find that in the year 1920 the liquor traffic stood to gather in the neat little net profit of £(530,000 by the simple process of adding wafer and then selling it at so much per nip. We can understand why the liquor traffic is so frantic: lly anxious that Prohibition should not be carried. From this point of view it is much belter to be allowed to increase their profits by selling water at. a protit 6f £630,000 per annum.—N.Z. Alliance Publicity (55).
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Grey River Argus, 21 July 1922, Page 8
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142NIPS OF WATER COST £630,000. Grey River Argus, 21 July 1922, Page 8
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