THE HOME LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
GOVERNMENT DECIDES ON
STATE CONTROL
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, .June 25. Cabinet has decided in favor of State, purchase of the liquor trade, but the terms remain to be discussed. Tlie Government’s idea at present is that the State should control during the war, with prohibition and State purchase after the war. State control would mean the immediate closing of scores of breweries and the extinction of thousands of licensed houses. Though Cabinet has authorised the brewing of more beer, there will be no encroachment on food stocks. By reducing th© alcoholic strength to 38 degrees the output of beer will be increased 50 per cent. Standardised ale will be retailed at fourpence a pint. Mr. Bonar Law explained in the House that the appointment; of a committee for the proposed State control of liquor merely involved an inquiry. Possibly it would he necessary to take some form of control after Die House had discussed the matter.
STATE PURCHASE SCHEME DROPPED.
The Times. (Received June 27. 12.50 a.m.) LONDON, June-26. The Government has temporarily dropped the liquor trade purchase scheme.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4596, 27 June 1917, Page 5
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186THE HOME LIQUOR TRAFFIC. Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4596, 27 June 1917, Page 5
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