WHAT BRITAIN DRINKS
MORE TEA, LESS BEER
FIGURES FOR LAST YEAR
United Press Associatlon-By Electric Tel*. Rraph—Copyright. "^ (Received 4th December, 2 p.m.) LONDON, 3rd December Britain's thirst is being increasingly quenched by tea and less by' bee? Consumption of beer for the year ended 31st March last amounted to 20,000,000 standard barrels, which is the-lowest since the duty was raised in 1920-21, whereas the consumption of tea increased 2 per cent, to a total of 412 million pounds. The severity of the winter accounted for a sudden jump in" the use of whisky to a total of thirteen million proof gallons, but the consumption of wine declined. •
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 135, 4 December 1929, Page 12
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107WHAT BRITAIN DRINKS Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 135, 4 December 1929, Page 12
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