16 JULY 1927, Page 1
On Thursday, July 7th, the Upper House rejected the Liquor
(Popular Control) Bill. Lord Dunmore gave it the best support that it received. We are not blind to the objections to measures that favour forms of local option, the uncertainties and liabilities to volte face in policy which would increase any difficulties in the way of steady improvement. Yet we believe that the late Bishop of Oxford and the Bishop of Liverpool have shown more practical wisdom than other reformers, and we regret that the chance is lost of making trial of the methods proposed in the Bill.
