LIQUOR TRADE REFORM.

Bruce Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 5, 21 January 1909, Page 7

LIQUOR TRADE REFORM.

I'ROPOSKI) 15V "TllK TRADE." AtVkL.W!), .hui. H'». A meeting of the Auckland brewers, wine and spirit merchants, and Licensed Victuallers Association, representing- a!! Iho wholesale trade and nearly every member of the retail trade, was held yesterday, and was characterised by much earnestness. The ineeline- adopted unanimously resolutions embodying the following reforms : 1. Abolition of barmaids.—l'l is proposed to keep a register of all liarmaids at present, employed in the City of Auckland and employ thereafter none except those whose names are on such register. •2. Abolition of private barn when the present leases expire, except in the case of a lengthy period, when special date is to be lixed. '■). Ka'sinu the aye limit at which _a youth can be served with liquor. in hotels from J8 to "20 years. •-1. No woman lo be supplied with drink for consumption on the premises unless a boarder.