Legislation
Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 23 Jan 1909
(Untitled), 22 Apr 1908
Letter from Arnold Lupton (13 Spring Road, Headingley, Leeds, [Yorkshire]) to WSC on Sir William Dupree's claim that the value of the Coach and Horses inn at Hilsea [Hampshire] was greatly reduced after he bought it because of the introduction of the Licensing Bill.
(Untitled), 16 Apr 1908
Cutting from the Methodist Recorder: marked article on Sir William Dupree's claim that the value of the Coach and Horses inn at Hilsea [Hampshire] was greatly reduced after he bought it because of the introduction of the Licensing Bill.
(Untitled), 21 Apr [1908] - 25 Apr 1908
Cutting: letter from E P Stevenson to the editor of the Westminster Gazette asserting WSC's claims to the support of Free Trade Unionists in the North-West Manchester election and criticising his opponents' campaigning on the Licensing Bill and other issues; also includes covering note for letter [not present] from [?] Bertram Straus [MP for Mile End, London] offering to give up his seat to WSC.
(Untitled), 15 May 1908
Letter from J Wales Cameron (11 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, [Scotland]) to WSC enclosing cuttings about a dinner party attended by WSC in Edinburgh which contravened the local licensing laws [see CHAR 2/34/48a].
(Untitled), 13 May 1908-[14] May 1908
Cuttings from the [Edinburgh Evening Dispatch] about a dinner party attended by WSC in Edinburgh [Scotland] which contravened the local licensing laws. 2 papers. Sent with CHAR 2/34/48.
(Untitled), 27 Jul 1908
Letter from Rosalind Carlisle (1 Palace Green, Kensington, [London]) praising his recent speech in Hyde Park [London] on the Licensing Bill and asking for a meeting.
(Untitled), 27 Jul 1908
Letter from Marie Corelli (Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, [Warwickshire]) to WSC referring to his recent speech in Hyde Park [London] on the Licensing Bill and mentioning her new book on the drink problem, Holy Orders. States that she is not a suffragette.
(Untitled), 17 Oct 1908
Letter from C Healy (Stort Lodge, Bishop's Stortford, [Hertfordshire]) to WSC asking whether he supports the policy of the United Kingdom Alliance, whose chief object is "'the total suppression of the liquor traffic'".
(Untitled), 10 Apr 1908
Letter from Edward Tootal Broadhurst (The Manor House, North Rode, Congleton, [Cheshire]) to WSC stating that he will only support WSC in the North-West Manchester by- election if it is fought specifically on Free Trade, since he disagrees with other Government measures such as the Licensing Bill.
(Untitled), 20 Apr 1910
Letter from Lord Islington [earlier Sir John Dickson Poynder] (8 Chesterfield Gardens, [London]) to WSC on his appointment as Governor of New Zealand and the Inebriate Reformatory Bill.
(Untitled), [1903]
Pamphlet - No Compensation by Joseph Malins, published by the National Temperance Federation, advocating no compensation for the compulsory extinction of liquor licenses.
(Untitled), 26 Mar 1904
(Untitled), 11 Jun 1904
(Untitled), 12 Jun 1904
Letter from Francis William Fox (Reform Club, [London]) to Aretas Akers-Douglas (the Home Secretary) detailing the objections of the Temperance movement, churches and others to the Licensing Bill and suggesting amendments to it. Printed Originally sent with CHAR 2/17/82.
(Untitled), 29 Jun 1904
Letter from Alfred Stansfield (52 Moorhouse Place, Gibraltar, Pudsey, [Yorkshire]) to WSC complaining about the provision for compensation to licence-holders in the Licensing Bill.
(Untitled), 03 Jul 1904
Letter from G S Pawle (Widford, Ware, Hertfordshire) to WSC criticising the absence of a time limit for compensation to brewers in the Licensing Bill. Annotated in shorthand.
(Untitled), 17 May 1904
Letter from F A Parker, secretary of the Eccles Borough Band of Hope and Temperance Union (7 Poplar Road, Monton, [Lancashire]) to WSC asking him to present a petition against the Licensing Bill to the House of Commons.
(Untitled), 10 Jun 1904
Letter from John Kempster, director of the Hyde Park Demonstration against the Government Licensing Bill (Broad Sanctuary Chambers, 20 Tothill Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (105 Mount Street) inviting him to address the demonstration. Signed typescript. Annotated: "I have said no".
(Untitled), 1907
Report entitled "Women and Children in Public Houses. Information obtained from certain police forces as to the frequenting of public houses by women and children".
(Untitled), 14 Oct 1910
Letter from Lord Loreburn [earlier Sir Robert Reid, Lord Chancellor] (Kingsdown, Deal [Kent]) to WSC on the subject of liquor reform which he describes as the "very root of all Social Reform", requesting information on the decline in arrests and convictions since the 1909-1910 Budget and increased duty on spirits. Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 21 Jun 1910
(Untitled), 21 Sep 1910-28 Sep 1910
Note from WSC (Home Office) to John Pedder enclosing a memorandum [not present] from the Socialist Lord Provost of Dundee [Scotland] on the reduction in crime following the imposition of a new whisky duty, 21 Sep 1910 Typescript annotated with Pedder's comments on the memorandum, 23 Sep [1910, and with note that it was sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George], 28 Sep [1910]].
(Untitled), 02 May 1915
Letter from P W Wilson (The Red Gable, Meadway, Hendon, [London]) to WSC inviting him to become a patron of the People's Palaces Association, which aims to establish well-run refreshment houses for the sale of tea and coffee to workers, and enclosing a statement of the aims of the association [see CHAR 2/65/38]. Signed typescript. Annotated by WSC: "no".
(Untitled), May 1915
Printed statement of the aims of the National People's Palaces Association Limited, established by temperance societies to provide refreshment houses for the sale of tea and coffee to workers. Sent with CHAR 2/65/36-38. A typescript copy at CHAR 2/65/40-42.