SOBER BRITAIN
LORD DAWSON’S VIEW (.British Official Wireless.) British Wireless. — Copyright. RUGBY, Wednesday. The Government is not supporting the local option bill Introduced in the House of Lords yesterday by the Bishop of Liverpool, it being of a controversial nature. In the course pi {he attack made
upon the bill by Lord Dawson of Penn, physician to the King, he said the growing sobriety of the nation was evidenced by statistics collected from a group of popular restaurants. Three years ago it was found that 75 per cent, of the customers of these restaurants drank no alcohol at all. Of the remainder three-quarters drank light wines or beer, and one-quarter spirits or port wine. To-day similar evidence secured at one of the large restaurants showed that only 17 per cent, of the customers drank alcohol.—A. and N.Z;'
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 79, 24 June 1927, Page 8
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137SOBER BRITAIN Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 79, 24 June 1927, Page 8
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