LIQUOR RESTRICTIONS IN BRITAIN
DECREASE IN DRUNKENNESS. Br Telegraph—Press A.^ociatiun—fWyHrrhi London, November 22. The report of tlie Central Board for the controlling of the liquor traffic shows that prosecutions for drunkenness dropped by 40 per cent, during the first four weeks of control, compared with the preceding month. A meeting of three hundred 1 delegates from seven unions, including the railway men, demanded the withdrawal of tho restriction in London on the hours for the sale of liquor. The meeting hinted that the men would down tools if the .restrictions were enforced.
Mr. Lloyd George, Minister for Munitions, speaking in the House of Commons, said that where liquor restrictions had been introduced there had been an appreciable diminution in drunkenness and a considerable reduction in the amount of liquor consumed. Further, more effective" work had been performed in the factories.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2627, 24 November 1915, Page 5
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140LIQUOR RESTRICTIONS IN BRITAIN Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2627, 24 November 1915, Page 5
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