SOLDIERS AND LIQUOR
REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY. Melbourne, February 12. The report of the committee which has been inquiring into the sale of_ intoxicants to soldiers, states that Briga-dier-General Williams, the Victorian Commandant, gave evidence that' 6 o'clock closing had reduced disorder among the soldiers, although they still obtained drink after that hour. Referring to venereal disease, the committee found that only J per cent, of the cases were duo to drink. Between 60 and 70 per cent, of the men were either teetotallers or distinctly temperate. Only a very small percontago of the cases of absence at timo of embarkation were due to drink. Other evidence showed that drinkonly affected a very small percentage of the troops before and after their return from the front.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 125, 13 February 1918, Page 5
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128SOLDIERS AND LIQUOR Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 125, 13 February 1918, Page 5
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