DRINKING HABITS.
EXTRAORDINARY DECREASE. STATEMENT BY MR, LLOYD-taEOfiGE, AN. EFFECT. OF THE BUDGET.': - (By Telcßraph—Press Aliaalallotl-eosyHsllt) ,(Rec. October Si, 5.10' p.m.) r ~ , London, October 5(1. mi Lj i-?' Commons. the report Etage of the Bfadjet has concluded, Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of-'-tW Exi-. Chequer, stated that the Budget .hnd had ou extraordinary effect on the habits of. (he people The consumption of btcr lintl tloarortVsJ, niiti drinking iii: S offlc'districts in lrcl.m.l Had do.'m„ to tte wteiit of. 70., per, cent,, arid in 6tm\t. m Scotland 50 per cent. Drinking in Glasgow had dqcreased by ,1G per cent, . ' : : He now anticipated that the. cbnsUiflptioh if spirits would ddcrcaso by over i2O per Cent, This Sil 'jSj 4 ' 6f to.a few. hundreds, t „ - 6ti6t !" t,B6 V Ihcleaco, the comfort flf Ihoiirtndi of homes, it,' h j ? 1 ," 1111 ,v '' l moro the rejection of the Budget on tho third Hading,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 652, 1 November 1909, Page 7
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