LIQUOR AT DANCES
COMPLAINT OF TRIFLING PENALTIES A complaint that inadequate penalties were being imposed by some magistrates in cases of convictions for drinking near dance halls was made by Mr Polson (Opposition), Stratford, in the House last week. He said the police were doing their best to clean up the evil, but in some districts the penalties imposed by the magistrates were so trifling that it made one conclude they were In sympathy with the delinquent. Mr Sutherland (Opposition, Hauraki), said the polipe had done great work-in his district in cleaning up the trouble of liquor at dances. At first fines of £5 were imposed, but now the Courts were imposing fines of £2, and the trouble was starting to recur.
The Minister in Charge of Police, Mr Webb, said the question raised by the member for Stratford was really one for the Justice Department or the magistrates.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TAWC19420629.2.9
Bibliographic details
Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 5491, 29 June 1942, Page 2
Word Count
149LIQUOR AT DANCES Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 5491, 29 June 1942, Page 2
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Te Awamutu Courier. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in