HOURS FOR DRINKING
■ •:■ —-—: . »; /.'.i. .. -..■>"■ EXTENSION. ILLEGAL ';.' SUMMER-TIME' > LONDON, April 23. ; ?1 regret the decision, because the magistrates ;who 'made -the order know the district and what its and visitors want," said Mr Justice Humphreys in concurring 'with"'the Chief Justice,. Lord Hewart, and' Mr Justice Avory in the opinion that the Steyning (Sussex) magistrates', order; extending the opening of hotels half an.hour in summer time, was illegalThe decision affects 120 holiday resorts in the South of England, where the licensing justices have extended hotel hours since 1921. ... . The Daily Mail says it regards the prohibition of summer-time extension of drinking hours as unfortunate, "as it will deter the visits. of foreigners and send Britons as people hate being treated like silly children and deprived of the right of judgment. It is due to a. Dismal Dora* imbecile, mischievous law, the reform of which a handful of faddists has repeatedly pre-
vented."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22257, 9 May 1934, Page 7
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150HOURS FOR DRINKING Otago Daily Times, Issue 22257, 9 May 1934, Page 7
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