12 JULY 1924, Page 3

In the House of Lords on Tuesday, by 166 votes

to 50, the Liquor (Popular Control) Bill was summarily rejected—a result which we cannot but deplore. Many of the speakers in the House of Lords who opposed the Bill expressed their belief in various other reforms, such as the improved public-house, but none of them seemed event to hint at a practical scheme for obtaining such reforms. We hope that another Bill, dealing with the sale of intoxicants, will be introduced into the House of Commons as soon as possible.