DANCING AND DRINKING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING POST.
Sir— Will you, or any of your many readers, inform me whether it is necessary that a publican should obtain a license before being permitted to allow dancing on his premises? I am prompted to ask thia question as I observe that a publican in the suburbs has erected a large dancing platform, with several drinking booths surrounding it, and I have not observed that any application h a been made for permission to use it. I believe that in England no dancing is allowed on publichonse premises without a license, and then it is rarely granted, experience having taught that dancing, in connection with drinking, has far from a moral effect upon the frequenters of such pl*es. Further, it has been found that they attract, in large numbers, a very objectionable class of the community, and such places have always seriously depreciated the value of property ia their vicinity. I am, &o , Pro Boko Publigo. Wellington, 13th October.
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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 93, 18 October 1881, Page 2
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169DANCING AND DRINKING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING POST. Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 93, 18 October 1881, Page 2
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