"SPOTTING-UP" AT DANCES.
A MYTH IN DUNEDIN. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) DUNEDIN, this day.
"Spotting-up" at dances is a myth. As long as young people dance, tongues of scandal will wag, and the wagging, so far as the dance halls in Dunedin are concerned, has no justification. If young people arrive home drunk from dances the balls should not be blamed, so the proprietors stated to a "Star" reporter. They were all emphatic that no drinking took place in the halls. Perhaps young people consumed liquor in motor cars and on the way home, but dancing should not be named "black" because of that. "They don't know what they are talking about," remarked a prominent business man when he was asked if he had observed the prevalence of drinking at dances. He declared that there was less drinking by those who attended dances than in his young days, when the hotels were open until 10 pan., and dancers called at hotels for the drinks.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 154, 2 July 1927, Page 11
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