2 OCTOBER 1915, Page 15

The excellent effects of the restrictions on drink imposed in

a number of selected areas during the past three months have led to important action by the Central Control Board. In a statement issued on Friday, the 24th, it is announced that by an Order in Council the City of London and the whole of the Metropolitan Police District, together with the Petty Sessional District of Hereford, the Urban District of Watford, and the Dartford area, have been scheduled as a restricted area under the Defence of the Realm Act. Specific regulations have yet to be drafted, but the Board state that, at the urgent request of the military authorities, they will issue next week an Order prohibiting treating, and are carefully considering the question of the restriction of hours.