ALCOHOL AND INFLUENZA.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16799, 1 April 1919, Page 2

ALCOHOL AND INFLUENZA.

To the Editor of tiie "T-maru Herald." I Sir,—ln your issue of February 281 lafit, Mr W. ID. Hunt is. reported to have stated that: ."New South Walsd had kept the. ."flue" out' lunger than imy other State, and its Government bad closed till hotels." Both the above statements - can best be met ay a flat contradiction, i The State which has kept, the "flue'?- out longest in Australia % Queensland, where thehotels are open until 11 p.m.' The New South Wales Government did not cicse ons hotel. All 'bars were Buppose'l' to be dosed, but I'quor could be ordered at Wuy hoteij add delivered to any address. 'ltt- uny case a. good many hotels ignored the restrictions on bar trade, -which only applied- to hotels in the county of Cumberland,* while the rest of New. SOIIHI Wnle* wba . doino: bnrness as Hiatal. The.New Wales Government n-re n'ot ' likely tore-imposr! any •restrietVms on "hotels- after -its l experiences .of. etc. X.N.Z. : i'Annandalß, N.S.Wi,'March 18* 1919;