BOMBAY GOES DRY
THOUSANDS TOO DRUNK TO WORRY BARS DO ROARING TRADE ON FINAL EVENING. EUROPEANS & NATIVE PRINCES EXEMPTED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. BOMBAY. July 31. Bombay went dry at midnight, but thousands were too drunk to worry about ii. '[’he city’s 850 bars, liquor shops and hotels did a roaring trade throughout ihe evening, despite exorbitant prices. More than SOO bars are closed permanently with the enforcement of prohibit ion. A 1 housand extra police, making the city'force 5,500. have been enrolled to prevent bootlegging'. Europeans and Native princes are exempted, but their consumption of liquor is limited. It was announced that in future Government House functions will be dry.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 August 1939, Page 8
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