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Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 515, 18 November 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)

The Russian .Government have adopted a somewhat drastic mas me in order to suppress drunkenness in St. Pelerabur", They have taken away from 2i) 000 .-diops the right to sell aleoliolie liquors, and have replace'! these by 5,000 establishments placid under the coattol of the State, and located at of|U;il (li-itineos apart. The e establishments are dircetul by young women. The liquor is delivore 1 in bottles, to whioh is allix (1 a Goverene .t murk. The eonaimer ean obtain only one bottle in each shop, and f, when he visits another establishment, he shows tlio least sign of intoxication, no liquor will be served h'm. Mr W.P. Hartley i 3 reported to have initiated a very interesting experiment at Aintree, near L'vcrpojl. He has built for the employees at his works 01 houses, varying in value from lis to It's per week, and these, or. the lines of the Act of Parliament pis;el lust session, he has offered to the tenants at cou price. The purchase money is to be p.iid in instalments spread over 18 years. plus 31 per cent, interest, wlroli, as Mr Hartley very reasonably siid, is the least a private individual could afford to take. The result ia tint the taunt? will pay the same amount per week or month as at prescat, but the amount, instead of rent, wi'd be instalments. To meet obvious contingencies, -Mr Hartley has offered to allow those who go in for the scheme to transfer the house they may be paying for, to another tenant, the rent still being credited to then as instalments ; and he has also agreed that those who wish to withdraw can have their money back, le>s 5 per cent, per annum for the depreciation of the proputty. Mr Hartley, it rectus, was much impressed during a visit ti l'hi'adelphh with Ihe general henelits rrsu'ting fiom working men being their uwu landlords.