Letter from James Kendall (Corn Exchange, Fennel Street, Manchester) to WSC reporting on the widespread support in the country for the prohibition of the sale of alcohol to help the war effort.

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].

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.

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.

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.

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'".

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.

Page from the Gloucester Journal: speech by Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] at the National Liberal Club attacking the power of the House of Lords with special reference to the Education Bill and the Licensing Bill and the reply of Lord St Aldwyn [earlier Sir Michael Hicks Beach] at Gloucester.

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.

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]].

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.

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".

Newspaper cutting: article by Harold Cox on improvements in the quality of life and the unnecessary regulation of the sale of alcohol. Sent with CHAR 2/186/15-17.

Suggested reply for Conservative candidates to a question on the local prohibition of the liquor traffic.

Letter from Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and Lord Wimborne (2nd baron, 1st viscount)] (Ashby St Ledgers, Rugby, [Warwickshire]) to WSC on: the commission on afforestation; the chance of WSC getting into the Cabinet as a result of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's illness; the Licensing Bill; the Coal Mines (Eight Hours) Bill; land valuation; the need for parliamentary consideration of the Poor Law and for old age pensions to form part of a general scheme for dealing with poverty.

Resolutions on the Education Bill and the Licensing Bill passed by a conference of representatives of Congregational churches in North Glamorgan, [Wales].

Letter from Sir Francis Channing (40 Eaton Place, [London]) to WSC passing on an invitation to address a meeting from the branches of the Young Liberals League in East Northamptonshire and describing the branches' work in counteracting socialism and rallying opinion on the Licensing Bill. Comments on WSC's forthcoming by-election in North-West Manchester.

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.

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.

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.

Memorandum recommending the establishment of complete and rigid control over the sale of all alcoholic drinks in munitions and transport areas. [Carbon].

Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [Additional Civil Lord, Admiralty, later 1st Lord Southborough] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the desirability of controlling alcohol sales in transport and munitions areas. [Initialled by WSC].

Minute from Sir Francis Hopwood [Additional Civil Lord, Admiralty, later 1st Lord Southborough] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on reports on the effect of excessive drinking.