DRINK TRAFFIC

Inangahua Times, 22 December 1931, Page 3

DRINK TRAFFIC

ROYAL COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPOINT FIVE DICTATORS (United Tress Assn—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, December 20 The Royal Licensing Commission decided to recommend the appointment l of five dictators to supervise Britain’s drink traffic. Their orders will he executed by the Licensing Bench’s objectives, including the closing of hundreds of hotels, standardising of hours, closer inspection of licensed premises and a better standard of comfort by which to enconrage public use of them as eatina houses. Breweries will be required to contribute to a fund to compensate the closed surplus hotels. The Temperance Reformers’ minority report urges Nationalisation of breweries and hotels under the Carlisle system, buying them out and placing them under control of a Parliamentary body.