N.Z. ALLIANCE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19862, 27 July 1934, Page 8

N.Z. ALLIANCE

ANNUAL MEETING. By Telegraph —Press Association WELLINGTON, July 26. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Alliance was held to-day, the Rev. J. R. Blanchard presiding. The Alliance reaffirmed its opposition to the redistribution of licenses, and decided to ask the Government that no-license districts be not subdivided and merged into licensing districts as was done at Ashburton.

The meeting also decided* to urge upon the Government that the consumption of intoxicating liquor by any person in charge of a motor car be deemed an offence; that hotels should have only one bar, and that this should be the only place from which liquor can be supplied, and that golf, bowling and similar clubs and all cabarets and dance halls should be subject to inspection in the same manner as licensed premises with a view to eliminating the illegal sale and consumption of liquor. The meeting also urged that it be an offence for any person other than parents or legal guardians to offer intoxicating liquor to a person under 21.

The Rev. J. R. Blanchard was unanimously re-elected president. All the vice-presidents were re-elected, and the following were elected members of the committee: Mr T. C. Brash, Lt.-Col. F. W. Burton, Rev. S. J. Campbell, Mr C. R. Edmond, Mr F. A. Feast, Sir William Hunt, Mr A. H. Ivory. Misses C. E. Kirk and M. McLean; Messrs R. S. Maunder, S. T. Martin. Rev. H. J. Odell, Mr H. G. Pacey, Mrs N. Peryman, Rev. W. Bramwell Scott. Messrs N. R. Seddon, F. C. Spratt, G L. Stewart, T. B. Strong. Rev. A. G. Saunders and Mr B. H. Wood. Mr A. H. ivory was re-elected treasurer.