SMALL BEER.
Why Christchurch Bar Lost Trade. There is one hotel licensee in Christchurch who has lost a certain amount of faith in human nature. It was not until the rat'her precipitous departure of a barman that he made dispoveries which proved interesting, if expensive. A customer purchased a small flask of brandy against the day when there might be illness in the house. It 'Was to his vast surprise that he found he had paid good mopey for a brandy bottle which contained innocuous ginger ale. There followed a consultation with the licensee, and his inquiries revealed that certain gin bottles had been filled with water, in an effort, successful for a time, to keep up the stocks of the bar.
One thing led to another, and it was found even that some of the beer bottles had been filled with Very inferior beer.
The licensee fiow knows why his percentages showed a marked decline lor a number of weeks.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 369, 25 February 1937, Page 6
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161SMALL BEER. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 369, 25 February 1937, Page 6
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