"The Scottish national habit of drinking whisky liar, been altered by taxation," said a London visitor in New Plymouth recently. A bottle of whisky costs 4s 6d, but 8s 10d duty is added. The result is that the Scot is drinking cheaper beverages
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19127, 23 September 1936, Page 11
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