TRADESMEN BENEFIT BY DRINK REGULATIONS.
(Times and Svdnev Sun Services.) LONDON, Aug. 31. Hie liquor regulations applied to im port a lit munition areas have had striking results. Figures compiled by the polin .show that there has l>eeii a cotiMderabh reduction in convictions for drunkenness in many places equal to 50 per cent. Tin I'luinge is due to the prohibition of treat ing rather than the drastic limitation o| hours. Publicans complain of a seriou.drop in takings, and the natural result ha; been to send more customer* to the trades men's counters. BRILLIANT MINING FEAT. l/>Xl)n.\, Aug. 31. Lieut. Cooper, of the Roval Kngineers, v a chiving a mine one hundred and r.itntv two vard>< long, under a German iHJsitoni and when within a few yards of hi- objec tiyo he broke into a German mine. < r.rnine» with high explosive-. lie quickb "it. tie wires loading to the German trenchr-, oh (.lined help, and removed the enemy <\ plomvcs peice-meal. The tunnel was un l'»v, and tie and his men ]jy head to tret and _ passed back a ton and a-ha 11 of <=\ plosives. They were occupied for jwrlv hours, and five men became un<;on*ciou from the fumes. Thev r'Xeivcd th" Distin sruished Conduct Medal and Cooper tin Military Cross.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10164, 1 September 1915, Page 5
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