’(/1 The high duty on spirits and wines jj’iji set a fictitious value on these commocii. ’jp'l ties and caused a good deal of racketfeV'u eering and the invention of pccidiar Styl? forms of liquor which were little better ijtj.'than poison, said Mr M. G. C McCiiul at this week's mooting of the WellingJlj. ton Chamber of Commerce l council. He t,ss!'i- said that in 1914 the duty on spirits ■jJJti-was 16s a gallon; now it was 60s. In •Ilk! i 1914, the duty on Australian wines was 14S 6d; now it was 8s 3d. M
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23977, 18 June 1943, Page 4
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