Licensing Bill cartoon 1908

A cartoon criticising the Licensing Bill of 1908 which sought to reduce the number of licensed premises, while still allowing private clubs to continue without restrictions, leading to an outcry from the working classes and brewery owners. Here, the cartoon asks why a number of teetotallers sit on the Licensing Bench, but there is nobody from the brewing trade

Allowing Asks Brewery Brewing Classes Clubs Continue Criticising Licensed Licensing Outcry Owners Premises Reduce Restrictions Sought

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