BEER DUTY AMENDMENT.
A BLOW TO "DEPOTS." Hon. J, A. Miliar, in moving the second reading of the Beer Duty Act Amendment Bill in the House on' Wednesday, explained that the provisions of the Bill were that hop beer containing under 3 per cent of alcohol should not pay excise duty. The Bill also provid- | ed for the issuing of a license on the payment of £1 for the manufacture of hop beer. Clause 8 provided that no beer should be removed rom a brewery under section 32 of the principal Act except to a warehouse or other place authorised by the Minister of Customs for the ?t' v.ige of beer.
Sir llanan explained at length the position of beer depots near Invercargill, and strongly urged that no-license there should be given a fair trial and no devices tolerated which interfered with its effective operation. The depots should certainly bo removed.* Hon. J. A. Millar, in reply, explained that he desired to end the abuse in Invercargill, where brewers had practically defied the Customs Department. lie would either abolish all depots or none. The second reading was agreed to on j the voices.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 15 November 1907, Page 2
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193BEER DUTY AMENDMENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 15 November 1907, Page 2
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