— The money spent in Germany on drink is three times tho cost of the army and navy together, a.nd more than seven times the cost of their primary education. Its amount is almost equal to that of tho German national debt, and so tho German people, by leaving off drink for a year and a month, ceuld pay oS tho wholo debt,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13665, 7 August 1906, Page 5
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62Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Otago Daily Times, Issue 13665, 7 August 1906, Page 5
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