A Bad Bargain !
Last year our little nation while still crying out i'or funds for the war spent £12,829 591 on Intlulgence in alcohol, with , all the disease and crimc that follows in its train. Now, alcohol i.s made by the destruction oi' food, the quantities of grain and sugar destroyed to make last year's booze could have brought life to many of the .starving multitudes abroad. The late Lord Stamp,- who was the world's leading economist spoke truly: -'The National Drink Bill represents a bad bargain for tlie community." Are you satisfied with-this condition? Will you help to stimu-
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 72, 11 May 1945, Page 5
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100A Bad Bargain ! Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 72, 11 May 1945, Page 5
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