CLUBS AND SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 136, 5 December 1918, Page 3

CLUBS AND SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING

Mr. Massey, Sir Joseph Ward, and Sir Francis Bell have received copies of ( the following communication :— "At a.'meeting of delegates of the Wellington,. Weliesloy, Central, Civil Service, Working Men's, and Commercial Travellers' Glubs, the following resolution was passed:—That this meeting of representatives of all chartered clubs in Wellington desires to respectfully express the opinion that the action of Parliament in making permanent 6 o'clock closing part of the amended Licensing Act is a distinct breach of faith, inasmuch as the people were given to understand that 6 o'clock closing of all licensed premises was a war measure only enacted for the duration of the war and for six months after, and no longer. The meeting notes that this innovation to the Bill was carried by one vote only. The members of chartered clubs in the desire to assist the Government in winning the war avoided strenuous opposition when early closing was mooted on the foregoing understanding, and we regret that some members of Parliament, including members of the National Cabinet, have hot observed the understanding, and we respectfully ask that before the Bill is considered by the Uppeir House the representatives of the chartered clubs be heard on the matter. (Signed) A. J. Carlton, Acting-Secre-tary." - ,