Licensing Laws
Sir.—Whether lawyer or author, H. R. Bannister lives in a rose-tinted world. You ouote his article in the “New Zealand Law Journal” concerning New Zealand’s “wholly bad” liquor laws. He makes it appear that there is no drinking problem, as though the defect were in legislation and not people. The National Societv on Alcoholism estimates 25,000 alcoholics in our country, to which is being added 800 a year. His article is not hu-
man enough to grapple with this tragic state. His explanation of the legal mess as the result of a union of bigotry and greed—a compromise between Alliance and licensed trade—is facile but wrong. On March 8, 1962, Mr J. R. Hanan said: “The rewriting of the whole licensing law is well in hand. This is the first instance in modern times where major licensing legislation has been written in close consultation and cooperation with the industry.” There were five trade representatives on the committee and three Justice Department officials. The police—who must administer the law, and who surely have much to impart—and the Alliance were excluded in spite of offer to help.—Yours etc., PHILLIP RAMSAY. February 4, 1965.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30667, 5 February 1965, Page 10
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