HEAVIER DRINK BILL
NEW SOUTH WALES FIGURES (Received December 8,2 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 8. Thd drink bill for the year ended June 30, 1926, was £12,633,000, equal to £5 9s lie! per head of the population, being an increase of £963,000 or 6s 4d per head! compared with the preceding year. The increase is chiefly attributed to the increased consumption of Australian beer and l the higher price charged for imported whisky, following the increase of & per gallon in duty.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16211, 8 December 1926, Page 8
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80HEAVIER DRINK BILL Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16211, 8 December 1926, Page 8
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