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Southland Times, Issue 18965, 13 June 1923, Page 6

Strong disapproval of the practice of certain hotels encouraging drinking by women.was expressed by the Auckland City Licensing Committee at the annual meeting. Reference to the subject was made in the report submitted by Sub-Inspector Till. “There has been a considerable amount of drinking in hotels by women,” stated the report. “This is confined chiefly to a few hotels. The law does not prohibit this and nothing of an unusual nature in this connection has come under the notice.” The chairman, Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M., in referring to the report that some hotels laid themselves out for trade with women, said that on previous occasions the committee had expressed strong disapproval of the encouragement of this class of trade, and it took great exception to- certain hotels encouraging women to drink on the premises. The Committee had no power to stop the practice, but would act an the first opportunity.