TERRITORIALS AND LIQUOR.
(TOES 3 ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) HAMILTON, March 19. The police were* interviewed by a. representative of the "Waikato Times" with regard to the resolution of the No-license Council concerning Territorials and drink. They denied any excessive drinking on Saturday, and stated that they visited tho hotels, as there was a possibility of youths under age procuring drink, but saw no signs ot drunkenness. A number of Territorials were drinking in one hotel, but they satisfied the police that they were all over age. Thpre was a possibility of drink being smuggled out to the younger men, but they saw nothing more than the usual hilarity met with in holiday crowds. On St. Patrick's Day only ono out of the whole batch before the Court charged with drunkenness was a Territorial. A Territorial officer, when intersaid that the rules against taking liquor into camp were stringent. No excessive drinking had been, reported during the week's camp.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14308, 20 March 1912, Page 2
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