WAR TIME SOBRIETY.
EFFECT OF RESTRICTIONS. Times and Sydney Sim Services. (Received August 31. 5 p.m." London, August The regulations restricting the sale of liquor, which have been apI plied in the important munition pro- : ducing areas, have l>orne striking ! results. Figures compiled by the ' police show a considerable reduction jof convictions for drunkenness. In j many places the reduction is equal -• to 30 per cent. The change is due I to the prohibition of treating,rather " . ! than to the drastic lmut«tidnt. o! ; hours. Publicans complain of.serious drop in their takings. - natural result of the restrictions been to send more customers to tradesmen's counters- T~ "5
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16011, 1 September 1915, Page 7
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