Revenue From Smoke
SIX MILLIONS LAST YEAR.
United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Wednesday, 9.15 p.m. .SYDNEY, Aug. 32. Tobacco smokers in Australia last year contributed more than £0,000,000 to the Commonwealth revenue, so an authority here has stated. Few smokers realised that when they bought a two ounce packet of Virginia leaf tobacco, they contributed Hid to tho revenue, while more than 3d was the revenue contribution from sixpenny packets of cigarettes.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6626, 13 August 1931, Page 6
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73Revenue From Smoke Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6626, 13 August 1931, Page 6
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