23 OCTOBER 1926, Page 2

* * * In Norway on Monday a Referendum was

taken on Prohibition. It was known that dislike of the Prohibition Act had greatly increased, but nobody foresaw that there would be, as there was, a decisive anti-Pro- hibitionist vote. The majority against a continuance of Prohibition is well over 100,000. The Prime Minister has announced that the Government will introduce a Bill in the Storting to abolish Prohibition.