EVILS OF NIGHT CLUBS
DEPUTATION TO MINISTER. BISHOP OF LONDON'S COMMENT. A. and N.Z. LONDON. Jan. 27. "They are a hunting ground for 'sharks' and loose women; snares to trap the unwary ; the resorts of every kind of swindler and harpy." Thus the Bishop of London stigmatised London's night clubs in introducing a deputation to the Home Secretary, Sir W. Joynson-Hicks, which asked for remedial measures to be taken. In reply, the Minister said he was just as anxious as the members of the deputation to remove this "horrible excrescence on London's life," but he did not intend embarking on an "anti-joy" crusade so long as night dance clubs were properly conducted. He intended: asking for powers to enable the police to enter them. He did not like asking young constables to go as: guests. England did not like spies. Some clubs were equipped with electric bells which rang in every room automatically and closed the doors when a police alarm was raised, thus enabling every drink to be removed before the officers of the law could force an entry.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18929, 29 January 1925, Page 9
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