PROSPERITY AND LIQUOR
ARCHDEACON BOYCE ON THE LIQUOR QUESTION. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received November 1, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, November 1. Archdeacon Boyce attributes the increase in tlio drink bill t-o the wonderfully prosperous year and the continued enlargement of the spending power of the people. Last year they benefited only to a small extent from the reduction of licenses by the local option poll. Tho majority of voted-out hotels wore still open, but many private immoral bars and bogus clubs were closed. The bars were shut during election days, and Sunday closing was .fairly complete. The convictions for drunkenness on Sunday had decreased from 1350 to 326. Local option had already done much to keep down the drink bill. A remarkable feature was the growth in the consumption of colonial beer, the workers' beverage. This year 1,077,000 gallons more had been drunk than in the previous year, while the consumption of spirits had increased by 128,470 gallons.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10298, 1 November 1911, Page 2
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