A GROWING MENACE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20671, 9 March 1937, Page 6

A GROWING MENACE

DRINKING AT PARTIES BY MOTORISTS Bv I eleerann —Press Association INVERCARGILL, March 8. -Drinking at dances and parties by persons who had to drive cars home was described at to-night’s meeting of the Automobile Association (Southland) as a growing menace. The chairman (Mr J. R. Haigh), said that the position was getting worse all over the Dominion. “A certain func- | tion lately held in Invercargill was almost notorious for the amount of llq- | uor consumed by those who attended it,” he added. I A suggestion put forward that motor ; organisations should press for it to be ■ made a punishable offence for licensees , of hotels to serve motor-car drivers I with liquor was largely supported The discussion was part of ft general talk on the details of the road safety campaign to be placed before the annual meeting of the South Island Motor Union. : Mr Haigh said it was undeniable that i many motorists went to dances, nartiej , and other functions and drank liquor, some of them to such an extent that afterwards they were unfit to take their cars home. Any man who took drink should not drive, and any driver should not be encouraged to have liquor.