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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 11 December 1909, Page 2

ftSfeEiqiAL COMjittTTEE'S "JtEPOBT.. ' <<f WET" CANTEEN OIiAiJSB • v; •ft ;.,/ ftjSTftßfttrOKftOlJT/ X ft; • / '-ft (By Telegraph.) ''■"?■' . (From Our -Parliamentary ftfieporter<) ft wfiii^^os,~Sfttii«a^. ./The Internalft Defence;. Bill <was. reported to the' ftHbuseft y-esterday after- - npoi^.by the/ Special .ft Committee to Which it-ftwasv referred/ft HftThe principal change-.made-in^thfr.ißill/by the CoTffmittee isftin iregsirdi toft the 'canteens/at ' encampments.. .The Bifl- aVftdraft'ea provided that no intoxicating iiqpiOt ft should be sold or supplied "frpm a can-teen-to" any person tmderft.the age of . twenty-one - years, .-'ft; ,Th'e'ftpommlttee has- struck v out all.ft>the vwoirds. ,- after < person. M;/' If this -amendment 1* ■ passed* by Parliament; „ it .will; mean that in ifuture all cante^enßywill **,■ '•dry,'' and that they wilrftnPt 'be allowed -toft.sell intoxicating liquof t6 ftft . any pers6nftin''eftfep. ,; ./ '- : ■ --^/-'ft- "ft/-/; '$* •The clause deaiingftwith. tM' Sftxeiilii-'ft r .y tibnqf persons, from'. miftUta^. servicfift ft pnthe."grb^d;of;reHgip^ beeiiVamended. by making it-^ad ,tha£ ] '•' ' 'non-combatant.' ' -'instead; of '■* f civil " d.uties/shallNbe-ftperformed/iby such persons. /:%••'■//.. ft. .'/-• .ft- •-'-,.■.! /'ft'.. '-• ""iO' : .ft- '■'■■- ?''■'"' -'' : ' ' '-•■■'■■ "■:^'--'.!i.,...: