BILLIARD-ROOM CLOSING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 10 April 1908, Page 5

BILLIARD-ROOM CLOSING.

WELLINGTON, April 9. A deputation representing the licensed billiard-saloon proprietors asked the City Council to-night to extend' the hour of closing from 10 to 11 o'clock. The Council of Churches followed with a deputation opposing the extension. The first deputation urged that 11 o'clock was the closing hour in Christchurch and Auckland, where the fee was £1, as against £5 in Wellington. Rents also were much higher here. The ministers' deputation urged that extension of the clqsing hours would tend to encourage gambling. The Council promised to carefully consider the matter.