Eureka Reporter | 1906-08-31 | Page 6 | Less Wine Drunk in England

LESS WINE DRUNK IN ENGLAND washington that alcoholic con Is on the decrease in great britain Is shown by statistics con talked in the report from frank W mahn the american consul at not bingham evidencing a remarkable falling off in the wine appetite of the Britis hers the amount of wine consumed per aalta in great britain Is now figured at only three pints a year the chan bellor of the exchequer in his recent budget speech said that in the past six years the consumption of wine had ncr eased nearly 50 per cent imports of wine from the principal sources of supply france spain and portugal have decreased in 30 years from 16 gallons to 9 in a year the decrease from 1900 to 1905 alone was 4 gallons australia has been selling wine to great britain growing quantities but the total imports 0 this wine are small in comparison with the decrease in the imports of french spanish and portuguese wines