Second Edition Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 48, 23 September 1916, Page 6

Second Edition Great Britain

RESULT OF LIQUOR RESTRICTIONS. DECREASE IN DRUNKENNESS; Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 1.20 p.rn.) London, September 22. Lord Dabernon, presiding at the Liquor Board at Glasgow, stated that the restrictions resulted in decreased consumption in Scotland, especially in spirits. Drunkenness had considerably decreased.

FINANCE AND TRADE. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTERED BANK RECOMMENDED. % Press Association —Copyright, Austran lian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.15 a.m.) London, September 22. ' The Board of Trade Committee in- . vestigated the question of financial facilities for trade, and recommends tile* establishment of a Chartered British Trade Bank, with capital amounting to ton millions, not to interfere with the existing banks and financial institutions, but to fill the gap between the Home hanks ami the Colonial, British, and foreign. The new institution must be equipped with an , up-to-date information bureau, so as to ascertain new business openings, etc. There are strong reasons for its immediate formation, in .view of the certainty of enemy efforts to regain his position in world commerce and finance after the war. and the possibility of unemployment being rife among the British unless a new market is exploited. Therefore, it is desirable to ascertain in advance the requirements of foreign countries, and the whereabouts of raw material for our industries.