LICENCING BILL.
A QUEENSLAND MEASURE
By Electric Telegraph.- Copyright, (Received Adjust 12, 11.5 a.m.)
BRISBANE, August 12,
The amending Licensing Act, which has been tabled in the Assembly, provides for , more drastic penalties for adulteration, and licensing fees are considerably increased. It also provides that barmaids shall be employed only between nine in the morning and six in the evening. The clauses controlling closing hours arc very stringent. If a door of a har bo unlocked or there be a light in the bar during prohibited hours, it shall be deemed evidence of an offence. The only mention of local option is that such a vote shall not he taken before 1917.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143574, 12 August 1911, Page 3
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112LICENCING BILL. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143574, 12 August 1911, Page 3
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