LICENSING LAWS
Synod Chairman Suggests Review
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, August 25.
There appeared to be little doubt that it was necessary to change New Zealand’s licensing laws, the chairman of the Wellington Methodist Synod (the Rev. E. S. Hoddinott) said at the synod's annual meeting today. The police were required to work under a framework of law that, to say the least, was precarious and, for them, most difficult, he said. It was not known, however, whether New Zealand’s social climate had so changed that it would now be for the greater good of the community to alter the laws, and he .would suggest that before licensing reform took any irreparable steps in respect of hotel hours and amenities or the licensing of restaurants, that research be carried out in order that the country would not be committed to something that it would later be deeply sorry for.
“This is more than a question of whether we favour this or that approach to the question of temperance. It is just a matter of plain common sense,” said Mr Hoddinott.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28983, 26 August 1959, Page 12
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