PROHIBITION QUESTION.
ITS COST AND BENEFITS. By Telecraph.—Press Assn.—Cowtlght Sydney, Dec. 21. . Mr. Waddell, speaking in the Council, drew attention to the cost of prohibition, which he stated would involve eight, millions, and meant throwing 25,000 persons out of employment Mr. Hammond, rebutting the argument of expense, suggested that if the Compensation Board estimated the cost at twelve to fourteen millions, it would not be an unreasonable price to pay in :=nyear bonds. In the meantime 85 millions would be diverted from drink to other trading channels.
The official estimate of the Government Statistician states that for the year ended June 30 the sum of ten millions was spent in intoxicating liquor, three millions more than in the previous year, and 27s 3d per capita greater than the previous year, when the drink bill per head was £» 2s 7d.
The Statistician attributes the in--creased consumption of liquor to the return of soldiers, and general increases in wages. He comments that with each increase in the price of liquor Ims come increased consumption in hen and wine and a decrease in spirit drinking—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1920, Page 7
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184PROHIBITION QUESTION. Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1920, Page 7
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