Show IRELAND SEEKS TO LESSEN DRINKING DUBLIN March The UP UPI The W i fr Free State Stale go government has ap- ap appointed ap appointed pointed a Elon slon of nine I persons to Inquire into the e ex- ex ex excess cess eege s In iho num number pr of oC drink shops ohop i are oro more than In the 26 26 counties Some small mall tonne ton have havo as 00 mans man as 70 shops shop shore hore I drink I Is h sold It Is 19 agreed that nt at hilt Jt the number should be abolished and the work ork of the commission Is to find out nut what IheI I scale of ot reduction should be adopted A As In England which has seen seena seena seena a large r reduction In the number of drink shops tho the problem of com corn compensating the dispossessed ed ha has to tobe tobe be faced The report of or the com eom- com I Is Intended to form the basi basis of future legislation |