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75TH YEAR.
THE
ST.
CROIX AVIS
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and published
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at
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26th
1917 at
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the Act of March
3.
1879,
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ly received
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London,
August
29th.—("Associated
Press).
Lord Dabernon,
Chairman
of the
Liquor Control
Board
speaking
yester-
day, said§
the
example
of Canada
ana
the United
Kingdom
when
such
aun
ac-
tion
was
carried
eut
by
the
advanced
community
on
the other
side
of
the
At-
jantic.
it becomes.
increasingly
doub
ful
whether
public opinion here,
at
a tim: of
severe
Snancial
pressure,
would eonsider
the payment
of five miilions
to one
trade,
‘as being sound
finance.
Lord
Dabernon
declared
the brewers
profits
are
not far
st ort of double
their
pre-war
vrofits al-
though drunkennesg
has
decreascd.
Ihe
Centra!
Control
Board
will shortly
con-
clude
its
labours
in
view
of the
new
Govt. proposals
for regulating
the liquor
.usiness.
The
‘Times’”’
declares
the
Board’s
success
is one
of (he surprisesgot
the
war,
and
it we=4d
be
an
indefinite
pity if the
grouru
ayr
ady
gain:d
should
be lost, either
by drawing
the
rcins
too
tight,
or by
loosening them
(oo inueh,
Paris,
Auzr.
28th. —Despaiches
reach-
ing
the
peace
conference
indicate
that
the forces
vnder General
Von Der foitz
have
atiacked
the
i.cttish headquaviers
and
taken
50,000
rubles.
New
York,
Aug.
28th.——Specuiative
interests
seemed
to derive
much sati=fac-
tion today from the more pacific
attitude
of organized
labour
in
connection
with
.ihe railways
and the s‘cel industry,
and
stocks
bid up briskly at the outset.”
Mod-
erate
reactions
set in towards
the end of
the day but the tone
of the
market
con-
tinued
stroog.
Sterling
xchange
rose
to the maximum of the week but reacted
on the rumours
stating that the
bank
of
England
had
ceased
to
pay
interest
on
foreign
deposits.
London,
Sept.
Ist.
The
Food
Con-
" troller after
reeeiving
the
award
of
CHRISTIANSTED,
V.l U.S.
A.,
FRIDAY, 5t
SEPTEMBER
1919.
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increase
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half
penny
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