"WHY CLOSE THE PUBS?"

Lake County Press, Issue 2697, 30 August 1917, Page 5

"WHY CLOSE THE PUBS?"

" Why close the pubs at sir o'clock When chaps like me go there to smoka ? Why deal the owners Buch a knock In time of war ?'' " Why rob the poor man of his beer ? Why take away his cup of cheer When all his troubles disappear Beside the bar."

Because this war we have to win ; Because to me it seems a sin That men should fight in battle's din And give their lives For as at home, who safely are Far from the awful scenes of war. Then, is it wrong to close the bar, Husbands and wives ? What tho' we misa our eveniug glass With genial friends who chance to pass; ' I'would bo small sacrifice, alas, In times like those, When comrades, brothers, fathers too— Unselfish, noble, brave, and true — Are fighting hard for me and you Across the seas. Arrowtown. Aug. 21. Jack Daiiib. [Perhaps moat people will agree with Mr ■Dakeie. Hitherto the only obstacle to six o'clock closing or closing altogether—so far as hotel keepers are concerned—has beeu the compensation question. But now that the leader of the Prohibition party has accepted the compensation principle there it nothing to prevent the Government effecting an amicable settlement. —Ed. L. C. P.]