LIQUOR IN DEMAND
POLICE AUCTION IN WANGANUI. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, This Day. The effect of restrictions on liquor supplies was reflected at a police auction of unclaimed and confiscated goods in Wanganui. Scotch whisky fetched from £1 a bottle. A popular brand of London gin started at £l, but went up to £1 8s 6d a bottle, subsequent sales of the same brand bringing £1 Ils and £.l 17s. Rum fetched 16s, a half-bottle selling for 7s. Port, wine averaged 6s a bottle and beer Is to Is 3d, a bottle. For whisky bids were offered as fast as the auctioneer could take them. Women were prominent among the buyers of gin and winos.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 March 1942, Page 2
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115LIQUOR IN DEMAND Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 March 1942, Page 2
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