BIG DRINK BILL
FOR NEW SOUTH WALES
OVER £5 A HEAD
STARTLING FIGURES. [The amount spent in drink in New South Wales for the year ended June last was over £5 per head of the population. In Britain the amount spent in liquor was . about £7 9s. The latest official Year Book for New Zealand does not give the actual amount per head.] CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT
Received No,v. 12, 11.55 a.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 12. According to the Government-Statis-tician, the drink bill of New South Wales for the year ended June 30 last was £11,349,000 equal to £5 2s 3d per capita of the population, being £295,000, or lid per head more than the preceding year. i
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 November 1924, Page 5
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115BIG DRINK BILL Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 November 1924, Page 5
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