Iho curious fact >s recalled that the Bank of England, which is just now appcaling against its rates, has the right to sell beer without a license. This privilege was granted to the bank in its Charter of Incorporation under the Great Seal, dated July 27, 1694. And so tho bank, if it likes (says a Daily Chronicle gossip) could open a public-house in Thread needle street, or could send drays round and deliver boer at. your duor.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3031, 17 April 1912, Page 14
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