EXIT “NO-TREATING”

Cromwell Argus, Volume L, Issue 2646, 27 October 1919, Page 7

EXIT “ NO-TREATING”

WASTEFUL DRINKING STOI’PFD. An order was issued by the London Central Control Isoard (Lhpior 1 rathe) revoking tlie ediet prohibiting treating in all the areas to which the Honor control regulations of 1915 have been applied. I n an accompanying statement it is explained that the' “ No-Treating Order was principally aimed at the suppression of two practices which were causing grave trouble and loss ol naval, military, and ndustrial oJhciency during the early months of the war—namely, group-tieat-ing, or the practice of each person in a group taking his turn to stand drinks all ‘round, and the practice of the indiscriminate treating of members of the forces, particularly when home on leave or travelling. 'it Owing to the operation ul the order, these practices have by now been so long in abeyance that the good sense of the lommnml v should sullice 1-u prevent tlioii -evival, with the wasteful and excessive drinking to which they lead. The Central Control Hoard have, therefore, come to the conclusion tiiat the maintenance of the order, with the attendant minor inconveniences which are involved by a prohibition of treating, and which have been generally accepted by the public during the'emergency period of the last four years, is now no longer mjuiied iu the national interest..