AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15930, 29 May 1915, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

CURTAILMENT OF DRINKING. /?

:■' EXTENSION BEYOND HOTELS. •Mi s ~ . '.. •'. " /.' 7 . '. ,i~i'. ;; i By, Telegraph— AMocution—Copyright;';; M "i . T KSMOtffiKB, May 28. :'■'.,^ In. the .Assembly,'; during a f discussion on }'*' the Temporary Restriction of the Sale ° , of Liquom Bill, ' the Premier said'it \ >]ft seemed a matter of general agreement V;S'& that some curtailment of hotel ; hours was required. If they were curtailed, jl|| people should be -unable to get drink .*" elsewhere when the hotels wore closed. ,LiM The Government, therefore, would submit ilWa an amendment, prohibiting anyone except C|S an. occupier, his family, or servant* from :| drinking on unlicensed premises between ";. V| -past nine o'clock., at night and nina o'clock in the morning. f^--S ' * AUSTRALIAN STATESMAN. • f'f. ;§ CENTENARY COMMEMORATED, 'M Sidney, May- 28. *pv| To mark the centenary of Sir Henry A® Parke's birthday Mr. W. A. Holman has^lfS presented to the Art Gallery a. bust of '-- ; '?m the well-known statesman. .?(M

SPORTING FIXTURE POSTPONED. Sydney, May 28- • The Amateur Athletic Association .has decided to postpone the Australian coss- 1 country championships.