NORTHERN TERRITORY.
THE LIQUOR MONOPOLY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Darwin, Jan. 14. The Commission is now inquiring into the Government liquor monopoly. Mr. Callan; supervisor of hotels, in reply to questions, stated that the loss on hotels was from £I2OO to £BOO a year, despite the profits made on liquor pf from 60 to 90 per cent. Other evidence given went to show that there was much discontent regarding the quality of liquor. Some of the beer was colliqually known as "kill stone dead." Part of the hotel logs' was attributed to discrepancies between the quantity forwarded and the quantity that eventually came into the possession of the hotels. Allegedly large quantities were stolen en route or from the trucks at Darwin.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1920, Page 5
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121NORTHERN TERRITORY. Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1920, Page 5
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