LIQUOR CONSUMPTION,
CANON BOYCE’S OPINION.
(United Press Association —Copyright.) SYDNEY, Nov. 1.
The Rev. Mr. Boyoe attributes the increase in the consumption of liquor to the wonderfully prosperous year and continued enlargement of the spending power of the people. Last year they had benefited only to a small extent from the reduction of licenses by the local option poll. The majority o f the voted-out hotels were still open, but many private immoral bars and bogus clubs had been closed. The bars were shut on election days, and Sunday closing was fairly complete. The convictions for drunkenness had decreased from 1350 to 326. Local option had already done much to keep down the drink bill. A remarkable feature was the growth of the consumption of colonial beer, the workers’ beverage; 1,076,000 gallons more was diunk than in the previous year, while the spirits consumption had increased by 108,470 gallons.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3364, 2 November 1911, Page 5
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149LIQUOR CONSUMPTION, Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3364, 2 November 1911, Page 5
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