. " People must understand that there aro no minutes of gr.ico after ten o'clock; they must bo out of tho hotel at ten."; These words accompanied tho Magistrate's decision at Dunedin in cohvicting two men who lingered a few minutes after time over tho final glass. Mr. Hay, who had defended them, argued _ that as tho licensing law allowed a publican to sell drink up to ten o'clock, the customer must lie allowed a reasonable time to drink it. Mr.. Widdowsou, 9.M., .roplicd that tho law compelled tho publican to .close his bar at ton'o'clock.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 197, 14 May 1908, Page 4
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