LIQUOR REFERENDUM
TURNED DOWN BY SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIER.
(ONITBD PREBS ASSOCIATION.—COPTMGHT.) (Received 29th January, noon.) ADELAIDE, This Day. A deputation representing temperance bodies and the churches asked the Premier to grant a referendum on the question of liquor prohibition, and also of closing the hotels at noon on Satur-, days. j Sir Henry Barwell, in reply, said definitely that he did not approve of a Prohibition referendum. He pointed out the good' effects of which early closing and a strict enforcement of existing legislation had in reducing drunkenness and improving the position generally, he promised consideration of Saturday noon closing. x
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240129.2.51
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1924, Page 5
Word Count
101LIQUOR REFERENDUM Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1924, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.