Liquor And Dance Halls

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 October 1948, Page 2

Liquor And Dance Halls

Sir, —The people of Gladstone, especially the older residents, have gone to considerable trouble 1 and-ex-pense to provide amenities for their young people, in the way of a fine'hall, tennis courts, provision for Boy Scout training, Sunday school classes, church services, etc., and it is a bit galling to think that they cannot allow their young folk to attend the dances (which, by the way, are the chief source of entertainment in country districts) without having them “slobbered over” by beerybreathed young larrikins, who put in the bulk of the evening elsewhere and then in search of further excitement motor to Gladstone, picking up a cargo of beer on the way. They practically spoil the evening for all concerned. A glass of beer at the right time may be all right, but as English actress, Jane Barrett, says (supported by our worthy Magistrate), “There is a time and place for evei-ything.” In my opinion, a fine of £lO and costs, or a fortnight in gaol, would be an appropriate penalty for these larrikins.—Yours, etc., PARENT. Gladstone, October 7.