The Central Control Board of the liquor traffic have made
their first Order, applying drastic regulations to the Newhaven district. The other scheduled areas will no doubt be dealt with on similar lines. The hours during which liquor may be sold are reduced to four and a half on weekdays and four on Sundays. There are special restrictions on spirits, and treat- ing and credit are prohibited. Any person violating the Order is liable to six months' hard labour and a fine of £100. In Scotland two large scheduled areas have been defined. Th area round Glasgow, which is much larger than had been expected, includes the counties of Lanark, Renfrew, Dum- barton, Ayr, and Stirling. The area of which Edinburgh is the centre includes the three Lothians, Haddington, Edin- burgh, Linlithgow, and the counties of Fife, Clackmannan, and Kinross. If, as is expected, another area is scheduled, very soon practically the whole of industrial Scotland, as the Political Correspondent of the Times points out, will be under control. In England and Wales ten areas have already been scheduled (including the Newhaven area), and more are to oome. This is well, but we should have much preferred a single bite at the cherry—prohibition everywhere for the war. Public and private thrift would have suddenly become a far simpler business.
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