SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING
. hu'.-As 'Brithcus" agrees both as to feet and offect of .six o'clock closing, why does ho rush off to tho absolute prohibition argument? Absolute prohibition is not the point nt issue, neither is it likely to be brought into / force, so it ax o'clock closing will cause men to drink in the duy when they should bo nt .work, do the next, best thing and keep tho hotels open till tho usual flour. Has it been, proved that by keeping tho hotels open the efficiency'of tho country has suffered? I think not. On' tho other hand it has bee" shown, that , the efficiency of the workers of <England j has- been, hindered by the drastic curtailment of liquor production, so /New. Zealand eho'uld' profit by ICngland's , experience and let well alone.—l am, etc., -•:. - ' '■ P.V. ..July 2h • 1 .... . ■ ■_ .
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3144, 24 July 1917, Page 7
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140SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3144, 24 July 1917, Page 7
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