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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16907, 5 December 1922, Page 11

m 4 Defence, £583,000 •zzr Roads, £539,000. y Police, £403,000. ffi y-ZSk " -''-'hi \' mas 1 -V_i A, Idospitals, £355,000 jMk >*flr Telegraph Extensions, €-U Hr Prisons, £BB,OOO. 18 @0 £22_l: Workers’ Dwellings, £25,000-. •iMS ' r ourisl Resorts, £19,000. % N Lighthouses, £5,000. Km* Hi [ *TRb» V-. Public Buildings, £150,000. <3500,000 -s.tr m psse <^w ‘ 'i T* ‘! - The Liquor Revenue WILL PAY the Government’s Expenditure on: with £150,000 left over to go toward public buildings. The above figures were taken from the N.Z. Official Year Book, 1921-22. Duties on liquor at present rates will provide two and a half million pounds per annum—sufficient to pay the co.3t of all the above national services. If Prohibition comes, where are we to look for this money ? More taxation on necessities, of course. Can you afford to pay more for the everyday needs of daily life ? A lot more; if the taxation goes on to tea, that commodity will co£t vou Bs. 6cl. per lb.; if on to sugar, that will codt lOd. per lb. This taxation is at present only paid by those who can afford it. It is a Voluntary Contribution Any revision o/\ the tariff would press more heavily on the workers . VOTE CONTINUANCE Issued by the National Council of the lAcenscd TroHe of Neio Zealand.