HOURS FOR HOTEL BARS
(To tho Editor.)
Sir,—As was to be expected Mr. Malton Murray's reply was most irrelevant. It seems to me that when the truth is sheeted home there are some people who try to cloak and defend their actions by answering explicit statements with retorts such as, "rambling," "shouting each other legs of muttons," "soak up their potions," etc. Permit me to convey to Mr. Murray that this kind of retort when featured in print defeats its own purpose. It is far better to throw overboard the traditional altercations which date back to the Puritans and appeal solely to convinced prohibitionists.
Mr. Murray wishes me tp submit the names of the "strong section" of the Government in favour of later hours for hotels. I should say if his position has been correctly defined to me, he should be at least conversant with such facts.
In conclusion, I might state that the substance of Mr. Murray's reply destroys any inclination on the part of intelligent readers to grow in the least enthusiastic. If anything, it reminds one of the "old story about the embittered theatregoer who was leaving the playhouse in dudgeon when his'refusal of a pass-out check caused the usher to remind him, "There's another act, sir," "That's why I'm going" was the dry retort.—l am, etc.
R. T. RUDD,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 12
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223HOURS FOR HOTEL BARS Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 12
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