LIQUOR IN BRITAIN.
GOOD WORK Or CONTROL BOARD. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) • LONDON, May 15. The Liquor Control Board reports steady and continuous progress of tho control of the liquor trade for the better prosecution of the war. Drunkenness is now one-fourth of the former amount. "Whether the improvement will be permanent depends on future legislation, but three years' experience shows _ that there is no inherent difficulty in maintaining the present level of sobriety.
The Board shows a profit of 15 per cent, on the premises taken under its direct control, and known as Food Taverns, in which advertising mattar regarding liquor has been abolished The Board was greatly successful with 840 canteens at national factories and dooks, providing workers with good meals cheaply, amidst healthy surroundings.
The Board records a striking fall in female drunkenness in London, from' 18,577 cases in 1914 to 5736 in 1917.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16214, 17 May 1918, Page 7
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