BOMBAY GOES “DRY” TOTAL PROHIBITION IN PROVINCE
The news from New DeJb: that Bombay had gone “dry,” was announced in the “Auckland Herald,” of March 31st, 1950. “Bombay, with three million inhabitants became the world’s biggest ‘dry’ city yesterday. At midnight all bars were compulsorily closed. The Bombay Congress Government will sacrifice annual excise revenue of £9 million by enforcing from April 6th, a total ban on all alcoholic drinks throughout the Bombay Province.” MtHIMIimMImIIUIItIMNUIIMIHHIIMUMIiIIIIMHIIIIIHIMIHtHHMIIHIiHIIHMMIh.tIIIIIIIIIIIinMMmMIIII
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White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 4, 1 May 1950, Page 6
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75BOMBAY GOES “DRY” TOTAL PROHIBITION IN PROVINCE White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 4, 1 May 1950, Page 6
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