SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6965, 21 January 1918, Page 4

SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING.

Effect in Wellirgton

Wellingtun, Jan 17.

Six o'clock cksing is proving much moie effective, in the opinion of the prohibitionists, atd much more disastrous, in the opinion of the hotelkeepers, than «88 generally expected. The oat ward tnd visible sign 3 of the working ef the experiment are leas druokeuees about the streets and brisker business in the bottle department Bof the licensed houses. Bow the two developments ate balancing one ai'otber only a very close investigation and inquiry cculd show, and in the meantime sucb views as are being j expressed on the point differ very widely. Tfce Prohibitionists are jubilant, predicting that the result will be a distinct step towards the achievement oE their ultimate gaol, while the moderates are confidently silent, de ; daring that the electors will hot 1 tolerate the inconvenience that is > being suffered and the injustice that jis occasioned. The police decline to j express uny official opinion on the subject and privately differ as widely as do the Probibitioniats and the moderites.