Late News
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Liquor Fees Postponed
Port Moresby, March 13,
THE new system of calculating liquor licence fees, which was to have come into effect in Papua in March, and New Guinea in October, has been postponed in respect of Papua; and all sellers of liquor will now be required to apply for new licences in October.) In the interim, the new regula tions—which were passed by the Legislative Council in February in spite of protests by unofficial mem bers —will be reviewed for anomalies.
It has been claimed that instead of the Treasurer collecting 5 per cent., in many cases he would be collecting 20 per cent, or more on the same lot of liquor. (See p. 28.)