FEWER “DRY” DAYS
FINLAND’S DECISION
CHANGES IN LIQUOR LAWS
HELSINGFORS, Sept. 30,
The Finnish Government to-day decided to introduce a bill making important alterations in the present legislation in regard to drinking, with the object of removing various restrictions which the authorities consider unnecessary and inconvenient. The most important of the proposed measures is one for the abolition of thi‘ so-called “black days” —Mondays, Saturdays, and the day before and after a holiday—and to retain only one dry day preceding a holiday. Other welcome improvements are an extension of the time by two hours during which liquor shops may be open, and the permission given to certain provision shops to sell beer. In tlie preamble of the bill it is declared that “black days” have proved a failure, as they encouraged illicit trading, the stamping out of which is vital to the success of the new regime.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17947, 26 November 1932, Page 5
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