SOUTH AUSTRALIA SPENDS £5/7/11 ON DRINK YEARLY PER HEAD.
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received January 17, 11 a.m.) ADELAIDE, January 17. The Government Statistician reports that the South Australian drink bill from 191415 to 1820-21 was nearly double thtf) for the previous corresponding period, due to a substantial increase in prices, while during the same period the quantity consumed per head of population and convictions for drunkeness per thousand of population decreased considerably. From 1920-21 to 1925-26 the value of liquor consumed per head increased only slightly, but there has been a steadv increase in convictions. For the year ended June, 1926, the drink bill was £5 7s lid per inhabitant, compared with £5 5s 2d in the previous year and £2 19s 2d in 1914-15.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18056, 17 January 1927, Page 7
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