LIQUOR LAWS IN FRANCE
New Restrictions Held
Possible
(Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, November 7. Wine and aperitif lovers—which means practically all France—have been shaken by the news that the Prime Minister (Mr Mendes-France), himself a great milk drinker, is studying a series of suggestions for limiting the consumption of liquor in France, says the Paris correspondent of the “Daily Mail.” , Among the measures suggested are increasing the tax on alcoholic drinks by anything up to 300 per cent., limiting the number of licensed bars and bistros, Increasing penalties for drunkenness. , ~ „ The correspondent of the "Daily Express” 'says that Mr Mendes-France will meet solid opposition against antidrinking laws in the French Parliament, and from 3,000,000 private distillers in France. Five hundred Paris cafe owners have already met to protest against drink restrictions in a country whereat any hour you can order any kind of drink.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27502, 9 November 1954, Page 14
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