LIQIOR IN PALESTINE.
A letter lately received by Mrs Cowie from Jerusalem contains the following: "We are sorry to say that the liquor traffic in our country, under the British Mandatory, is not any better than before, when we were under the Turks, for this sole reason most of the Christians, especially Europeans, look at liquor as ordinary beverages, while Moslems look at liquors as abominable drinks, which are prohibited by the Koran.
“However, the Government has limited the hours of the sale of liquors, and increased the Customs duties from 12 to 50 per cent., and we are working for another increase.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 30, Issue 352, 18 November 1924, Page 10
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