MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND THE DRINK TRAFFIC.
ATTITUDE RESENTED BY THE MEN *i »• T , , „ London, March 3. iur. .Lloyd-George's reference to the effects of drink is unpopular with the men. A Glasgow employer has Stated that excessive drinking by men in the ship- ' building industry has curtailed the output by 20 per centum. Other employers 1( J J t had been curtailed by more than that. Ihey stated that many men working on the Clyde have tp be idle for at' 1 least two hours daily in order to reduce the output to the level of the trade union allowance.—"Times" and bydney "Sun" services. his recent speech at Bangor, Mr. Lloyd George said that some of the workmen who were working at 'the manufacture' of armaments refused to . w ork a full week. This was due mostly to drink, wliicli was doing more damthan all the German submarines. ' lhe Government," said the Chancellor, "has great powers to deal with drink, and it will use them fearlessly, sure of tho support of the country. We will not allow indulgence in drink to interfere with the prospects of the war."
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2401, 5 March 1915, Page 5
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188MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND THE DRINK TRAFFIC. Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2401, 5 March 1915, Page 5
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