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Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16798, 31 March 1919, Page 6

PROHIBITION AND: TAXATION

Q—WHAT IS NEW ZEALAND'S' ANNUAL PEjODIjOTTOTnT? " An btcv—j 000. TWmmm fgjjfjrejj Jlllllill 1111 NIK ffifittS [¥g®"jffi «& prouucxiou. KUIS AVILL G uusji THROUGH > ■ ■ UTION? . t \ • bout £1,000,000 a Wm 3a£PraH tm

ILL PROHIBITION MEAN jy ADDITIONAL EXPENSE i THE STATE? 3f. —Yes. Interest and Sinking Fund will liavo to be provided tipon the compensation paid to the Trade. This will not exceed £250.000 a year. r»_wJLL PROHIBITION BRING ANY INCREASES .TO THE STATE REVENUE? Answer.—You. The £5,000,000 now spent on liquor must be dianncnrl rvf l'n n+llor Wl« ITI fl <JO posed of in other ways, and so must yield the same averagb return to the State as the rest of production dees, viz., 15.G per cent. This on £5,000,000 is £780,000. <Q—WILL THERE BE ANY/ OTEETt • JNOREASTS TO THE STATE , - REVENUE. AS THE RESULT OF PROHIBITION? Answer.—Yes. The increased production will yield the same re- ' '• +iiv„ r,f IS (\ nor «nf t.Wo ' " turn of 15.0 per cent, to the '" State. On £5,000,000 this is ' £780,000; on £10,000,000 it ', would, bo £] ,560,000, and on ,■ the Amet-ican estimates a much '." higher sum. • ■,'■; ■Q?—'WILL PROHIBITION CAUSE, :- ANY REDUCTION IN. STATEb . EXPENDITURE? ~-w 'Ans "~ ' ,- ' " ass m m ), is. caused by drink.

Bargains Now ' Offering AT -ALSTON'S BANKRUPT STOCK From Lytfelton JS SELLING QUICKLY: YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BROOMS, BRUSHES, SOAPS. ALL GOODS FOR THE TOILET. HOUSEHOLD GOODS. STATIONERY, WRITING PADS, ENVELOPES. ETC. NOVELS, BOOKS, SCHOOL BOOKS: BOOKS FOR THE CHILDREN. LEATHER HAND BAGS in great variety. , PHOTO FRAMES, VASES, CANDLESTICKS IN ANTIMONY, ! CHEAP JEWELLERY /.!..'..,'.. - . KNIVES, FORKS, and SPOONS!SCISSORS. FOUNTAIN PENS AND STYLOS! v WRITING CASES. ;^\ POCKET BOOKS AND PURSES. SPONGES AND SPONGE RACKS. WORK BASKETS. SHOPPING BASKETS. DRESSING COMBS. TOOTH BRUSHES. §S22 01 ' BAOfi W SOLID LEATHER PENS. PENCILS, SET SQUARTO DOLLS. TOYS. GAMES, WHEELBARROWS. ' ; ROOKING HORSES, ETC ' ' ■

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Bankruptcy STOCK NOW ON AT NEXT GRAND PICTURE THEATRE. Stafford Street North INSPECTION INVITED; (& MASSAGE AND PHYSICAL CULTURE.' - VINCENT O. PTKE .Zi &3ERI, CABINET MAKER, FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMAN AND UNDERTAKER (late of Pleasant Pt.), Has COMMENCED IN BUSINESS Just opp. Butler Street, near -Kernohan McCahon and Co. A BIG NEW STOCK OP 'FURNI- £££? is I bein q, Stalled, and Mr Bfcitd, wlio will personallv snp*yiso the Workshop and Business hopes to meet the wishes of the . public r oy supplying EVERYTHING FOR THE HOAIE " vr ■■ LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES I • Mr BERI, on leaving the Point district, desires to sincerely thank old clients for their past support, and wishes to mention that their orders ■will ho welcomed and will bo executed promptly as usual from Timaru. A ring on Phone 771, Timaru, wili receive prompt attention. Undertaking in all its branches. BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GftRLS. "STRATHMORE," TIMARU. : MISS BLANCHE HALL. Pupils Prepared for University and '"Public Service Examinations.

Bring Your Prescriptions to II •They will be accurately dispensed, ': : mwM CHEMIST.

. r hk bar r tEommm Successor JfjE^Beclnngham^ FUNERALS conducted; part of* ..v.^Tbwri^:or:;''C6untryiS ; '-;'' ';'■'•?•':&;*: Phone 324-jfPrivate; iTHIRft; BIRTHD AY» <mteriiig- into my Foiirth Year ■■■ • ;ijpf'business on my-own account! I desire to .sincei-ely thank'the Public of South rCaiiterhury : for the greao volume of business accorded me, arid i trust for a continuance of , the same. FRED. .CRUHN, THE LEADING INSURANCE MAN. Chief Agent Queensland Insurance Co s .. Ltd. Assent H. E. Martin, M.R.O.V.S. OFFICE—ATLAS CHAMBERS, BFSWICK ST., Tiniaru. , ' Phono 713..