WAR REGULATIONS.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13654, 23 August 1916, Page 1

WAR REGULATIONS.

• • GAZETTED' YESTERDAY. . (Per Press Associfttion.)' WELLINGTON, 1 August- 21: regulations /under • lli.o . War Renit: lnlions Act ol" last session will .be gazetted 10-morrow. " . these regulations will deal with the prohibition of • the .practice of shouting or treating, the suppression of sly-grot; selling and prostitution, and'the treatment of : persous-suffering from venereal disease, '-. - ' , Another, regulation which will probably also-appear, to-morrow will be one under the. Military Service Act,. It will-empower the .Government to' exhibit advertising posters connected with recruiting in any plaeo that may be suitable—in' shop , windows,' for example—with or without'tho consent of the. owner of the premises. It will also empower the.Government to insist upon the.exhibition of advertising matter of this kind in (picture shows without charge. ANTI-SHOUTING DEFINED, . DRASTIC ATEASUREfI (Per faro Association.) nmiimJTQN--AngnsV22; Additional regulations.under llie \V;ir .({egiilationa Act,'dealing with ''shout' ing,". the sale, of liquor to women, and prostitution were gazetted to-day, Treating'ls defined as (1) The, act.of anyiperson "who, directly or indirectly,', (a) pays or undertakes or offers to pay, or (b) gives or lends, or offers or undertakes to give or lend, mfjney with which to pay for any. intoxicating liquor sold or to be'sold on licensed premises, for consumption'on or i,ii:uu ;', ; o«e prcinisoii, by any.person othut the person first mentioned; (2) Tho act of;any person who pur-chases-intoxicating liquor on licensed premises,';and'invites or permits any other person- to consume that liquor on or about, those premises; (;i) The act of any person who, on licensed premises, purchases, or ■ offers to purchase, intoxicating ■ liquor with intent that it shall be consumed; on or about those premises by. any other person; . (-0 Any other act dono- by any person with Intent that any other person shall . eonsume on or about, licensed premises, any intoxicating liquor, other than liquor purchased and paid for by the consumer, with his own money,. Joiit or jfiven. to any person upon : licensed premises, of lent or given to. him elsewhero. with iiitcnt that it shall be spent' in the. purchase of intoxicating' liquor, shall, for,-the purposes of these regulations- be deeiiK'd not to be his own money, . ; Tin" rcgjilat.ioli applies to chartered clubs, conditional licenses, and "bar" includes the bottle department, of licensed premises.' The licensee, or bur 'attendant,, who knowingly sells liqoiir iu contravention.of tho' regulation,.will be liable to be. punished. ■ Exceptions' arc that a.person may purchase, liquor for another,, as part Of a, meal, or a boarder may trijat n friend, but not iu a bar. - . . • Regulation lli pwiden that no woman (other- than'the licensoe, or a seryant of the licensee, or a,member of llie licen-' see's famiiy),-Blta|l at,.any time after six o.Vloejk in tho, e\'e'iiing, enter nr remain in the bar' of any lie'ensed- premises, or, loiter abpilf Hie'entrance In any sucli.bar, • The police are given wide powers to ' enforce' tliis-regulation. 'in tlie regulations.alfeeting prostilulifiii, a "house of 11l fanie" mehiis; '' Auy premises: used for the purpose of prostitution,' whether ■ by one woman or by more than one," Definitions .nnder-this'. heading are drastic, Landlord's ,who; knowingly let houses to. prostitutes are, made responsible. Coiisiderable powers of .-search are .given- to tlic pnlicc to further their investigations... The regulations come .info-force on ihe liSth inst. 1 The penalty-lorn' breach is a'line not exceeding 1100; or iinpvisoniupnl not exceeding twelve months,' . .WELLLVfiTON, Annual '2»-.. Addilional War ltej, r iilalions we're'gazdied to-night: pro\'i(lin{j-tliat Afililary Service notices.may' he.-supplied tn the occupier .of any- shop,;l'act'ory, ollicc, hotel, bnardilighnusc, whatl'. or other premises frequented by ' tlje' piiblic or to trannyiiys, jni.inis, bi : .,sluji3,. : _nnfi the person responsible ■for ; siie)i:pi , eiii i ises, or'convcynncf', shall' lie • refjuired to ■' exhibit siich iio 1 ii' es 'Cor nllfs'inonlh,;or longer, as required,-' 'Failure to' comply' with' this duly coii.slilutes a punishable. offence