"Drier” Conditions in the Solomons
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Solomons
From Our Own Correspondent.
TULAGI, January 4.
YES! the spirit of Christmas is dy ing, and this one passed over very quietly in Tulagi.
Cases of beer and other good (or doubtful) cheer were not a marked feature of orders received by the stores, as in days of yore.
Indeed, there is a wave of sentiment towards home-made ginger-beer, and arguments are rife as to whether Mrs.
So-and-so’s recipe is better than Mrs.
Who’s-this’s, and whether “ground ginger” has virtues over “whole gin ger”; all of which must be aggravating to Treasurer-cum-Collector of Customs Johnson, in his efforts to balance the budget.
A rumour that an excise duty was to be imposed on ginger-beer made one lady switch over to home-made lime juice. It shows what can be done when you think you may be “pinched.”