TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3340, 8 September 1917, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

I PER PBEfiS ASSOCIATION..! THE SALE OF LIQUOR

Wellington, Sept. 7. A conference of delegates. from the chri tered clubs to-day passed a resolution emphatically protesting against any curtailment of the evening hours for the sale of alcoholic refreshments, basing their objections on the grounds tlia' such action was not justified in this country, and would have no effect on the Dominion's part in the i war, that the proposal was directly opposed to the principle adopted in Britain; that the restriction of evening hours would have a destructive effect upon club life and finance, and would probably mean closing down numbers of these institutions. In view of the fact that the membership of chartered clubs was over 20,000, the Government should not impose unwarranted restrictions upon such a large section of the community v erely to appease the agitation of those taking advantage of the war in an endeavour to secure prohibitoin by backdoor methods. STRONG" HOP BEER. Auckland, Sept. 7. Wendels, Ltd., were fined £50 on a charge of selling hop beer containing more than 3 per cent, of alcohol. Thi evidence showed that Natives at a tangi at Otorohanga were affected by hop beer containing as much as 10 per cent, proof spirit. • A SALUTARY FINE. Auckland, Sept. 7. Patrick Smith was fined £50 to-day on conviction on a charge of assisting in tho commission of the offence" of betting in an hotel on July 14.