LIQUOR IN DRY AREAS.
INVERCARGILL'S RECORD
(Special to the Star.)
WELLINGTON, July 31. Invercargill easily takes the record for consumption of liquor among the "dry" areas in New Zealand. The usual return on the subject shows tnat it maintained its position of 1920 at the head of the list. The consumption of liquor inthe various no-licenso areas of the Dominion during the year ended December, 3921, is shown hi* an official return to be as follows: gals. Asliburton 20,484 Bruce 26,969 Clutha 24,108 Eden 15,197 Grey Lynn , 5,539 Invercargill , 101,450 Masterton 40,950 Mataura 43,848 Oamaru 37,557 Ohinemuri 20 310 Roskill 4^17 Wellington S 9 523 Wellington Sub 12,07.1 Total 301,707 The total shows a reduction on the previous year's consumption in nolicense districts of 17,966 gallons.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 1 August 1922, Page 5
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126LIQUOR IN DRY AREAS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 1 August 1922, Page 5
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