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LIQUOR LEGISLATION.

THE NEW SOUTH WALES BILL. [FBESS ASSOCIATIOK.I SYDNEY, Ist November. In the Legislative Assembly the Liquor Bill was read a third time. j ', ' The Bill, as it emerged from, tho process of consideration in Committee of the whole in the Legislative Assembly, ivas not vitailjr amended in any particular except, perliaps, tLat relating to the period of grace to be allowed dispossessed licensees. Most of the criticism that the measure received came from the representatives of the licensed victuallers, who in the end were greatly mollified by the amendment regarding clubs and the time notice extension. The competition of the clubs has (says the Telegraph) had a prejudicial effect upon the trade in many hotels, and the amendment which places c|ubs under strict regulation and surveillance is calculated to cause fair less consumption of grog in/ them than is now the case. The amendment was one in which thevtemperance advocates were able to join, forces with the publicans, and the prospective removal of competition from this quarter has in a measure re; conciled the licensed victuallers to much iv the measure which is unpalatable. The temper_nce party succeeded irt.making tho Bill more stringent with regard" to 'sat© of liquor to boys and girls, who are not to be allowed \ipon licensed premises on any pretext under certain Mavy penalties ngainst the hotelkeepei*. The notice to dispossessed licensees was extended: to eight years, tnd the two-thirds majority was reduced to three-fifths. The last-named amendment was thus explained by the Attorney-General:—"The provision adopted in lieu of the 50 per cent, minimum vote is that in the case of 4 nolicense vote, and a no-license vote only, the vote in favour of a resolution affirming no-license shall not-be less than 30 per cent, of tho total voters on the roll. For instance, to cany no-license in an electorate of 7000 enrolled electors, 2100 votes at least will be required. In a vote for a reduction of licenses any majority will be effective, no matter how few the number of votes recorded."

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Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 107, 2 November 1905, Page 7

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LIQUOR LEGISLATION. Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 107, 2 November 1905, Page 7

LIQUOR LEGISLATION. Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 107, 2 November 1905, Page 7

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