WOMEN AND DRINK.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 6 September 1913, Page 12

WOMEN AND DRINK.

Under the Queensland Liquor Act, 19.12, it is provided that any licensed victualler or wine seller who supplies or permits to be supplied any liquor to any female in any bar or in any room adjacent thereto which is specially set apart for drinking purposes, shall, for the first offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20, and for the second and every subsequent offence, whether of the same kind or not, to a penalty not cxcofcdnu; £50 nor less than £10. Any nerson, other than the licensed victualler or wine-seller, wno in any licensed premises supplies, gives, or treats liquor to any female, shall.be liable to a penalty not exceeding £ID, irrespective of any liability that may attach to the licensee in respect of the game- offence.- The law in this respect is considered to be too drastic, and the State Premier has been asked to modify this clause, so as to enable women to be served with liquor.