THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
Ai.t.kgedi.v I)hy. lr spite of the prohibition regime, liquor admitted into Ashburton, a local no-lice lisp area, under permit last year totalled 30.350 gallons of beer, against 17,000 three years ago. Wines and spirits showed a decrease. Last December the importations of beer totalled 7733 gallons, whisky 318 gallons, brandy 27 gallons, gin 5 gallons, rum 3 gallons, and wine 130 gallons. It is declared that much illicit liquor is traded, bottles of whisky known as “bombs”, having a marketable value of £1 each. —N.Z. Telegram in Sydney paper.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1924, Page 2
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93THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1924, Page 2
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