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NZ Truth, Issue 152, 16 May 1908, Page 5

There are a few individuals about New Plymouth commonly designated "bar loafers" whose existence is alike a nuisance to the public and to the publicans. There are also one or two so-called "respectable" tipplers whose conduct becomes obnoxious immediately they "smell a cork." A few only of these have interviewed a Magistrate with a view to keeping themselves off licensed premises where ihey are not wanted, so the licensed victuallers of the town have resolved to issue "prohibitions" on their own account. A black fist is. being compiled, inclusion on, which will carry all the penalties of a prohibition order. — Taranaki "Daily News."