NO-LICENSE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 261, 28 July 1908, Page 11

NO-LICENSE.

MR. G. HARNBIT'S VIEWS. - (BT TZUICBiI'H— PEE 63 ASSOCIATION.) T ~ . , , Auckland, July 25. in the_course of an interview to-day. Mr beorge Harnett (manager of the British footimni ; team )> speaking on No-License, said: . J-nore was one thing, however, that struck us very much, a „d_'that: ;ivas -the difference between, the. hotels m-the prohibited districts andthose ~ wherelicense rules. The compan'souis all in favour of. tho licensed places. ' ly 'was. -this .'.the .case' in "Invercargill :where we r were, surprised,'."to-find, that no licensed houses existed. .They were all 'temperance; boardinghouses. "Some .of. our experiences were humorously strange.,, In,.lnvercargill, for' instance, we Muld, get no'/refreshments oursolves, but on the /Wednesday, morning;'of olir arrival I "saw drunien ,men.:in. the:.greets at 9 o'clock, which astonished me immensely;- and later m the; evening I saw more drunken peeo'ple m Invcrcargill thr.n: I have soon in any other city m the Dominion.;, This.seems to show that rhere there is no, license liquor can bo obtained, end, as it has to be obtained on tho my it is doubtless of the worst description... - j : T om undoubted; sources I loarned that ng in private--houses down there wa3' on the increase. .' .This leads to the same eyil as the grocer's licenses do in England. Personally I may say that I have always, taken a glass of beer, but in strict moderation. The locker'- system for controlling.liquor seeniß /to me. to be another very undesirable method of dealing with' alcoholic refreshment; in fact, the whole thing seems to be too full of deceit and fraud to appeal to those who desire to see a nation built up of strong! clean characters." - From your experience of Invercargill you would not then recommend any other piaca in,the Dominion to follow its example? Mr. Harnett answered: "In the best interests of the' community, most assuredly not." •'