BRITISH LIQUOR LIMITATIONS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14698, 1 September 1915, Page 3

BRITISH LIQUOR LIMITATIONS.

PUBLICANS SUFFER, TRADESMEN ■' CAIN. : LONDON', Augu,,t 31. ' The. liquor regulations applied to important 'munition areas nave had striking .results. The ligures compiled by the police : show a considerable reduction in convictions fo. drunkenness, in many places equal to 50 per cent. The change is due to the prohibition of treating and the-rather drastic limitation of hours. Publicans complain of the serious drop in their takings.’. The' natural result has been to send .customers to the tradesmen’s coiintcrs.-iTiiries and Sydney Sun Services. .