THE MOST DRUNKEN COUNTRY. Steps Tokon in Belgium to Restrict the Sale of Liquor.
Belgium skill holds its own as Hie mopfc drunken country of Europe. On an average each man, woman and child consumes' yearly 240 quarts of beer and 13 quarts of 1 spirits. It may be that Bavarians drink 1 more beer 'ohan that and Russians more ppirits, bub hiking both together the Bel- 1 gium record is unrivalled. The Government ij is at last aroused to a sense of the evils of the situation, and some instructive laws are* to be put in force. The right to collect by I legal process debts incurred in drinkinghouses has been abolished ; it is forbidden " to sell drink to persons under sixteen years of age, and to sell anyone liquor until he is. drunk is made a crime. The effect of these laws will be looked for with interest. It can scarcely - fail to be for good. -A;j
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 360, 17 April 1889, Page 3
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159THE MOST DRUNKEN COUNTRY. Steps Tokon in Belgium to Restrict the Sale of Liquor. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 360, 17 April 1889, Page 3
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