ANTI-SHOUTING LAW.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13931, 13 July 1917, Page 2

ANTI-SHOUTING LAW.

AUSTRALIAN OPINION OF NEW ZEALAND .MEASURE. (Per Calilc—rress Association—Copyright.) SYDNEY. July 12. According to the Daily Telegraph's correspondent, who recently spent several months travelling in all parts of New Zealand, the anti-shouting law is practically ignored, and its only effect is to provide' plain-clothes constables with additional opportunities to get pleasantly intoxicated at the expense of the country, He mentions the manoeuvres employed to get round the law, adding: Such expedients are rarely necessary, and the shout usually is transacted in the old-time way. I soon found that if I observed the law 1 only made myself conspicuous, PERTH UNFAVOURABLE TO RESTRICTION. .Per Olb'>-Press Astnemtlon— Copyright.) PERTH, July 12. A public meeting at the Town Hall largely negatived a motion in favour'of anti-shouting legislation for the currency of the war.