1939-08-30 — Page 15

AUGUST 30, 1939

But Rations Europeans e The Excise Is Losing

it has become have tried to meet all of these points. real property to entailed by pro- ,125,000 per year wn away, and it make this good owners of houses. that there is no She incidence of been shifted from Anyhow it was

OPOLITAN

e that it is high-

They have devised an elaborate machinery to ensure strict obedi- ence to the law. Exemptions have been given to foreigners, visitors, tourists and bona-fide travellers. A moderate consump- tion of liquor will be permissible in clubs the membership of which is exclusively non-Indian.

inter-communal intercourse. By con- trast, at least, Bombay may become a dull city. But there is reason to believe that the Britons and other non-Asiatic residents in Bombay are satisfied with the concessions in their favour. The general feeling among the foreigners is that it is an act of good will to them to make allowances] for their habits and a gesture of in-

Arrangements have been made to ter-racial cordiality, absorb elsewhere a large number of Under the exemptions a foreigner persons employed in the trade who is allowed to consume seven units of will be rendered workless. Many

liquor per month, one unit being rec- nforce prohibition applications have been received for koned as equivalent to: (a) one bottle. y, that Bombay facilities to open milk bars and simi- of whisky, brandy, gin, &c.; or (b) smopolitan char- lar alternatives to the liquor shops, three bottles of wine, sherry, ver- the tourist traf- It is hoped that these and hotels will mouth, &c.; or (c) nine bottles of beer 11 be diverted to find work for a large proportion

and stout. The seven units car bel al amenities will those thrown out of employment.

distributed over all these three that a large num- Whatever happens, one of the most groups. Probably about 4,000 foreig- Bee and Indian striking effects will be a diminution ners will take advantage of the exemp-

be thrown out in the popularity of mixed clubs and Government hotels which have been centres of

the

D AND PEACE

THE TEST any's Policy.

he Germans, and upon her by the

German menace,

of

tion.

Assuming that all of them take their full quota, the liquor consumed by them in one year will be in terms of money £250,000. Compared with the consumption of foreign liquor in Bombay city and suburbs last

year, this represents a third of the normal consumption of foreign liquor by all communities put together. Producers of foreign liquor will lose in quence roughly £500,000.

conse-

LIQUOR PRESCRIPTIONS Exactly how much of this will have| to be borne by the British Isles it is

such a shortage Also, whether her spirit can be main- difficult to say, but, applying the ratio

on the

change in Bombay city will be £300,- 000 per year.

16

BISSET

IF

you want a whisky of luxury quality

with unsurpassed flavour

and

rare bouquet,.

ask for

BISSET'S

Gold Label

WHISKY

BESSE

EUR

SET&C F

DEEN

LLERS

es, and is econo- tained at its present height of patrio- of the United Kingdom liquor export OPTORG CO..(MALAYA) LTD. would impose a the slightest, Germany will gain far the British losses as the result of this Reich, tic fervour, If Poland gives way into India to Indian imports of all

foreign liquor roughly 60 per cent. and financial more than a corresponding adván- There would, tage, for with the enormous force she now has at her disposal she will rapid- ly enlarge that gain. Every advance of the Government of India in

On the same basis the annual loss she makes no matter how small-shape of Customs revenue will rough- the is but a stage on the way to finally be £180,000, and that of the Gov- conquest. Danzig is a German strong-ernment of Bombay in provincial hold even now, but only in a passive taxation on foreign liquor will be sense. Germany is determined to "activate" that stronghold words, to make Danzig a base for "Corridor." military operations against the

Piplomatic at of the Guar-

cal disadvantage bulation of more million who, jarnt to hate the Hungarians even

II

£80,000, though a portion of this will permits and increased tax on. such in other be made up for by fees for exemption

foreign liquor as may be sold.

Elaborate precautions have taken to outmanoeuvre the anti-pro-)

the

been

To discover whether Poland can be hibitionists. By the extension of isolated-that is to say, whether the prohibition area to the suburbs up to ties between Poland and the Western a distance of about 20 miles from the doubt that the Powers can be loosened by increased southernmost tip of the island of Bom- new alliances of German pressure on Poland in gener-bay, it has been made nearly impos- have imposed a al and on Danzig in particular. Po-sible for the residents of the city to ermany. There land's confidence in her Western al-quench their thirst within a reason- ce to show that lies as well as her determination to able distance from their homes. Shops n planned to maintain the present status of Dan-on the border of the prohibition area on July 1, but zig will be put to the severest test. will be strictly rationed. a "war on two The represent the whole system of ny desist. At alliances negotiated by the Western is no reason to Powers, or what they call the "peace ler has aban- front," as a fiction, a bluff, or at least

From October the facility with which liquor can be obtained on the strength of doctors' prescriptions will disappear. Doctors will then have as something wholly inadequate to liquor prescriptions." One penalty is little chance to issue indiscriminate Y BE COMING resist German expansion in Eastern that their names might be struck off at the steadfast- and South-eastern European. Ger- of the Western many makes much of British "Impo-

mate aims,

the medical register.

Nearly 2,000 new constables, it is

o a severe test tence" in the Far East. If the Poles said, are being recruited to help in the does Germany can be led to think that Britain

is law's enforcement. Fresh powers have to detect

lying this test? also "impotent" in Europe, even if it been given to the police

be only Central or

Eastern Europe, Excise offences-officers of the higher then, according to the German calcu-grades will have power to raid houses, r Poland can lation, the might of the whole British while even constables can search per- acial strain of Commonwealth will have been tation imposed posed to the world at large as a sham. fare.

By George McManus

JIGGS-TERRIBLE WS-MY SON RAN AY WITH_SOME SSIE AND GOT

RRIED-I THINKI GOING TO FAINT-

DON'T FAINT- I'LL GIT YOU ONE-ANYWAY- WILL YOU HAVE. WATER WITH

YOURS?

ex-sons and vehicles on the

thorough-

SPEAK-EASIES TO BE CURBED The Government have also enlist- ed the services and co-operation of a number of non-officials and organisa- tions. Hundreds of volunteers, called the Prohibition of Guard, women's or- ganisations, athletes, and even boys, will be employed to assist in one or the other branches of the prohibition campaign. The city has been divided into small areas and a committee áp- pointed for each. There are prohibi- tion agents in every building in the slum area to give information about illicit distillation or clandestine drink- ing bouts. "Speak-casies," even if a few spring up, will not last long. The Vigilance groups will see to that.

What will be the measure of suc- achieved? "India is a different country from America,” said a Con- gress Minister. "People here do not drink as a matter of course. In the eye of religion it is a sin, socially it, is a vice. We will succeed where | America has falled. Anyway, we are optimistic."

cess

INVISIBLE IMPORTS

Anything to declare, Six ?"!

No."

“There's nothing you bought ca alip" "No."

"No presente ? "

* No."

"Nothing at all ?"

"Nothing. Unless "Yes, Sit ---

Unless ?"

** Unless you include a head like a rag football dredged from a canal and a taste in my mouth like smoka' in a railway tummel. Our Paris repre- sentative entertained me rather "las" ishly last night.”

"There is no duty, Sir, on hangovUMA obtained abroad.”

"I wish there was. I'd refuse so pay and then you'd have to confissate it."

"I'm sorry we can't help you, alt. But might I suggest in future the advantages of a long glass of Hoca's Lime Juice to wind up late nights ? Rose's possesses therapeutic pro- perties which neutralise the morning after."

"This Ross's really kills off kang overs? Have they any in the Station

"Plenty, Six- Hi, Sir, coma hack -- you've forgotten your bag."

ROSE'S LIME JUICE – THE WISE. MAN'S HIGHTCAP

46

The China Mail."

DEALS

CONCISELY AND ACCURATELY

WITH THE NEWS

“EARLIEST WTER

Page 15Page 16