STRIKING FACTS IN EXCISE RETURNS
INCREASE IN CONSUMPTION OP SPIRITS (Rec. April 6, 6.20 p.m.) London, April 5. The excise returns show that in December and January, compared with the corresponding months of the previous year, the brewace decreased.by 1,80p,000 barrels, and the distillation of spirits increased by 269,000 gallons. Unofficial returns show that in March the consumption of beer had fallen at almost the same Tate, but that there was a still larger increase in spirit drinking. The heavy war tax is held to be responsible for the change in drinking habits.—("Tipes" and" Sydney "Sun" Services.) i
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2429, 7 April 1915, Page 5
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98STRIKING FACTS IN EXCISE RETURNS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2429, 7 April 1915, Page 5
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