NEW DRINK BILL.
LIQUOR FOR WORKERS.
STATE TO CONTROL SUPPLY.
LABOUR CO-OPERATION.
London, May 10.
i Mr. Lloyd George to-day explained the Bill to be introduced dealing with drink. He said the Government proposed that the Act should be administered by a central board, which would advise the Government on the question of areas. In the latter efficient local committees of employers and workmen already existed. '
. The supply of liquor would be in the hands of the Government, and would only be obtained through local committees. The Government was prepared to appoint a committee to inquire into the statements in a White Paper relative to the drinking habits of the working classes.
Mr. Arthur Henderson said the Labour Party would do everything possible to make the Act effective.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15915, 12 May 1915, Page 8
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