WHISKY TO COST MORE
INCREASE OF 1/4 A BOTTLE Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. The abolition of the allowance for under-proof spirits will result in an increase of the price of bottled whisky by 16s a two-gallon case or Is 4d a bottle. The Wine and Spirit Merchants’ Association decided to pass on the actual duty of 7 5-8 per cent, to the hotel keeper. It is stated on reliable authority that the abolition of the allowance on under-proof spirits will affect from 80 to 85 per cent, of the whisky imported into the Dominion.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1032, 24 July 1930, Page 12
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94WHISKY TO COST MORE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1032, 24 July 1930, Page 12
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