BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1915, Page 5

BRITAIN.

THE LIQUOR TRADE. APPRECIABLE BIPROYEiUEXT. Received Sept. 28, 2 p.m. . - I London, Sept. 25. Lord IVAbernon, presiding at a. conference of chief constables, on the question of liquor control in various areas, stated that prosecutions for drunkenness had dropped 40 per cent, since the application of the Act. There had been a gratifying increase in sobriety amongst seamen and firemen, and a marked improvement in the BliipJard and munition workers' time'keeping. LONDON CITY INCLUDED. Received, Sept. 26, 2.15 p.m. London, Sept. 25. An Order-in-Council has Ibeen gazetted applying the liquor control to London, and including the City area.

WELL MERITED. ■ A PLUCKY NAVAL MAN. " Received Sept. 26, 2.5 p.m. London, Sept. 25. Naval-Lieutenant Louis Hamilton, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order for transporting a naval gun 160 miles up the Niger River, 480 miles up the Banue River, and then sixty miles overland, largely contributing to the surrender of Garna. CHAMPION RIFLE-SHOT KILLED. Received Sept. 26, 2.5 p.m. London, Sept. 25. It is unofficially reported that LanceCorporal Ommundsen, the champion rifleman, has been killed in action in Flanders. He won the King's 'Prize in 1901.

GERMAN PAPER FORECASTS BRITISH BUDGET. Received Sept. 25, 5.5 p.m. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) London, Sept. 25. The Daily Mail ' reprints a Budget forecast from the Hamburger Fremdenblatt, correctly forecasting the British in-come-tax, and the tea and tobacco.increases, two days before Mr. McKenna's speech in the House of Commons.