“It is realized at the present time that lessees and licensees of hotels are finding the utmost difficulty in making ends meet,” said counsel for a defendant charged in the Police Court at Wellington on Friday with a : licensing breach. “It is common knowledge .that a few months ago the price of beer was reduced generally to fourpence. With the lower price of beer and the general hard times there is a greater temptation to indulge in after-hour trading. Within the last day or two, however, it has been decided to go back to sixpence for the price of beer.” ,
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Southland Times, Issue 21659, 22 March 1932, Page 11
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