BRITISH DRINK HABIT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XL, Issue 11190, 4 March 1915, Page 5

BRITISH DRINK HABIT.

MR GEORGE’S CONDEMNATION CONDEMNED.

WIDE-SPREAD INEFFICIENCY.

London, March 3. Mr Lloyd George’s reference to the effects of drink is unpopular with the men at Glasgow. An employer stated that the excessive drinking r.f the men ;n the shipbuilding industry curtailed the output by twenty per cent. Others placed it at more.. Ig is stated that many men working at Clyde have to be idle at least two hours daily in order to reduce their output to the level of the trades union allowance.

SHIPPING PEBOADTIO S

REDUCING THE PERILS. Passengers by the Lusitania at New York are required to identify each piece of luggage before it is hoisted on the ship, and tu satisfy officers of their identity before passing the guards at the gangways. Luggage is subjected to scrutiny to prevent the smuggling of infernal machines.