SOUTHLAND'S LIQUOR CUSTOMS DUTY.
Tor Press Association. Invercargill, April 20. The duty paid on liquors of all descriptions, including locally-brewed beer, decreased by .C 231!) in the nine months of no-license. On other goods the,llllolllll. collected shows an increase of over UIiOMO. which is a record. The temperance party do not admit that the ligures of duty paid in Invercargill arc any criterion of the consumption here, as' it is lor all Southland, which includes three licence areas. They contend it is unfair to judge of the consumption for the town from the figures for the whole area.
Later. A local no-license advocate states that considerable misconception exists in northern towns regarding the amount of liquor duty collected at Invercargill. During the nine mouths preceding nolicense, and the same period following, he gives figures showing a reduction of i! 2319 in favor of the prohibition period.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 30 April 1907, Page 2
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146SOUTHLAND'S LIQUOR CUSTOMS DUTY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 30 April 1907, Page 2
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