GERMAN GAIETY.
TEA-DANCES PROHIBITED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Dec. 1 According to the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, the Prussian Government is supplementing the proposed gluttony tax by prohibiting the so-called tea dances, which are at present the rage in Berlin and other cities. Five o’clock tea is served at all hours. Dancing te the real attraction, and tea is conspicuous by its absence. Money is made by the sale of much stronger beverages at exorbitant prices. The'Home Office is considering the prohibition of the cale of spirits at night time. . , . T . The measures are inspired for P®“' *ical rather than economic reasons. The Government believes the extravagance is making a bad impression on foreign visitors and the German working Railway fares, postage and telegraphic rates have again been increased.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1922, Page 5
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131GERMAN GAIETY. Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1922, Page 5
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