The Liquor Control Board of Great Britain, has not , instituted what is called in New Zealand "Slate control." The license system still prevails, but hours of sale and output o' spirits and I>eer have been reduced to le*s thnn linlf. nnd the reduction of drunkenness by 60 p?r cent is duo to this. But tliis is nnt Stato purchase or State management. It is a movement towards prohibition. At Annan t'te. Control Bocvd experimented in ;operating public houses, but enforced Saturday night closing, in addition to the restrictions in hours of sale. .An investigation revealed drunkenness to be no less than in other parts of England where License still obtained. Therefore, any reductions in drinking at Annan are due to- restrictive measures (or partial prohibition) and not to the change from private. to State ownership. . A recent vote among trades unions in Annan resulted in a 3 tcr 1 verdict in favour of prohibition,—Aivt,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 11, 8 October 1918, Page 3
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154Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 11, 8 October 1918, Page 3
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