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The excessive consumption of beer, the writer goes on, is

a matter of habit, and he suggests that the Board of Control should devise some system of beer tickets. Other suggestions which ho mentions are the prohibition of the bottle trade, as it fosters home drinking; a decrease in the number of licensed homes ; and the restriction of the hours of opening to meet the " actual necessities of the men." But where does the " necessity " come in 7 The facts given by the writer constitute an unanswerable argument for prohibition. All the restrictions he recommends, however drastic, are mere palliatives, Still, we are glad of his testimony, though dissenting from his remedies.