PROHIBITION ERA
BOMBAIY GOES DRY BARS PERMANENTLY CLOSED EVENING RUSH ON LIQUOR BOMBAY, July 31 Prohibition came into force in Bomday at midnight, but thousands of people were too intoxicated to worry about it. The city's 850 bars, liquor shops and hotels did a roaring trade throughout the evening, in spite of exorbitant prices. More than 800 bars have been closed permanently with the enforcement of prohibition. Extra police, totalling 1000, have been enrolled —making the city's force 5500 —to prevent Ijootlegging. Europeans and native princes have been exempted, but their consumption of liquor is limited. It is announced that in future Government House functions will be dry.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23414, 2 August 1939, Page 13
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108PROHIBITION ERA New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23414, 2 August 1939, Page 13
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