AN EFFECT OF WAR
DIMINUTION IN CRIME. INCREASED PROSPERITY OF THE POORER CLASSES. (TIMBS AND fIYD.NBr SUN SSRVioEg,) (Received February 8, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 6th February. The police attribute the diminution in crime since the beginning of the war to the keeping of better hours, the early closing of the pnblichouses, a new consciousness of national duty, and the increased prosperity of the poorer classes owing to the absence of unemployment. The brewers' output has been reduced 40 per cent. In some districts the Very prosperity of the working class hinders recruiting. The increased demand for labour checks employers encouraging men to enlist.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 32, 8 February 1915, Page 7
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103AN EFFECT OF WAR Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 32, 8 February 1915, Page 7
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