In Monday's issue of the North China Daily News" appeared a telegram announcing, on the authority of the Daily News" that Mr. Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions, has decided to take over the pot still distilleries, hence no: more whisky will be produced.
This closely followed as previous telegram printed on February 17 which said:
In view of the increasing demand for high explosives the Ministry of has taken over the patent still distilleries.
Pot stills, it might be exphined, are the old-fashioned stills which in all large distilleries have been superseded by the patent or improved stills, and as both sorts have been taken over by the Government (assuming that the information of the "Daily News' is correct,) it may be possible, as the telegram that "'no more whisky will The immediate effect of this announcement will no doubt be an advance in price, not only of whisky but of all spirit, but' it is not thought probable that it involves any shortage of stocks. There are ample stocks here in Shanghai at the present time, and it is not believed that there will be any local shortage, at least not in the immediate future.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.