drinking by JUVENILES

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27675, 3 June 1955, Page 19

drinking by JUVENILES

WELLINGTON OFFENCES DISQUIETING (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 2. A disquieting number of Wellington rxths and girls was being convicted under-age drinking, said the chair--jn of the Wellington Licensing Committee (Mr J. S. Hanna, S.M.) at the gmmittee’s annual meeting yesterday. Sixty-nine persons, including 21 ranen, were convicted for illegally finking or being found in hotel bars a Wellington last year, he said. Licensees and their barmen should ever be on their guard against serving under-age persons, although the xmmittee knew that it was a task at free from difficulty, particularly a the case of women. Mr Hanna also said that many hotel tars were not adequately ventilated ad others had ventilation that was act used. There seem to be fans that no-one ever switches on, and windows that i»-one ever gets round to opening,” he said. The committee wanted to see licensees ensuring proper ventilation for

AUCKLAND CONVICTIONS (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, June 2. Conviction# in the Auckland licensing district for under-age drinking ire less than half of those in Wellingta. In Auckland, in the year ended jesterday, 33 youths (no girls) were convicted for being in • hotel bars — 2of these for buying liquor. Eight five false ages to barmen.