BRITAIN'S HOTELS.
1 "TEAVELLEE'S SWAN SONG." (By CM>le—Press Association—Copyright) (Australian aua.N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received August 16th, 9.10 p.m.) LONDON, August 15. The House of.. Lords passed the Licensing Bill. LONDON, August 14. Pnthetic pleas on behalf of the bonafide traveller were made in the House of Commons at the.all-night discussion on the Licensing- Bill. The AttorneyGeneral, Sir Gordon Hewart, in moving for the abolition of the provision for travellers, said that he was singing the traveller's swan song. There was such a thing as a bona-fide travellei- in the olden days, because he had to walk three miles to earn a drink. Nowadays he merely rode. The time had come to bid him farewell. Members lamented the case of a traveller arriving thirsty at an, hotel after hours. The Attorney-General replied that if he stayed at the hotel he could drink all night long. Lady Astor .cried "Shame 1" ( The'amendment was carried abolishing tfae pairaiphernialia of maximum and minimum hours and the differentiation in London of this and that area, and fixing the trading hours at nine for London, and elsewhere eight, with five on Sundays. m . ' ■
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17226, 17 August 1921, Page 7
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